This document records enslaved persons or free people of colour. It contains the historical language of enslavement as written by the parties and clerks of the court; that language is presented as the document's own, as evidence, and is not the voice of this archive.
Date
2 Jul 1776
Type
Answers
Length
14 pages
Repository
University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container
UVALL Box 04
Marginalia
Yes
Appendix
1 item (25 pp.)
Abstract
July 2, 1776 Petition of the heirs of Alexander Cunningham, asking the Court to adhere to the Lord Justice Clerk's interlocutors

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Appendix

  • Letter from William Cuningham to Andrew M'Redy of Percietown (July 29, 1753)
  • Letter from William Cuningham to Andrew M'Redy of Percietown (Jan. 26, 1754)
  • Letter from William M'Redy to Alexander Cuninghame (Nov. 24, 1765)
  • Letter from William Cuningham to William M'Redy (Aug. 23, 1766)
  • Letter from John Semple to William M'Redy (Jan. 23, 1768)
  • Letter from William Cuningham to William M'Redy (May 9, 1767)
  • Letter from William Cuningham to William M'Redy (Oct. 24, 1767)
  • Letter from William Cuningham to William M'Redy (Nov. 11, 1767)
  • Letter from William M'Redy to William Cuningham (Nov. 12, 1767)
  • Copy of Letter from John Semple to William M'Redy (Mar. 26, 1768)
  • Letter from John Semple to William M'Redy (May 26, 1768)
  • Letter from John Semple to William M'Redy (July 20, 1768)
  • Copy Letter from William M'Redy to John Semple (Bourtreehill, [1768])
  • Letter from John Semple to William M'Redy (Dec. 29, 1768)
  • Copy of Letter from William M'Redy to Messrs Spiers and M'Caul, arbiters ([1772])
  • Copy Letter from William Cuningham to Messrs Spiers and M'Caul (May 10, 1772)
  • Copy of Letter from William M'Redy to William Cuningham (Nov. 21, 1772)
  • Letter from William Cuningham to William M'Redy (Nov. 27, 1772)