1Petition of James Carroll, with Jefferson’s Order, on or before 9 June 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The Petition of James Carroll of the City of Washington, Blacksmith. Most humbly sheweth, That at a circuit court of the District of Columbia held in the City of Washington in December one thousand eight hundred and one, he was Indicted for an Assault on the body of Daniel McGinnis , for which the Court fined him in the sum of Twenty dollars and costs of suit; and that at same court he was...
2To Thomas Jefferson from James Carroll, with Jefferson’s Note, [on or before 10 July 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
The Petition of James Carroll of the City of Washington, Blacksmith; Most humbly Sheweth, That at a Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, begun and held in the City of Washington, on the fourth Monday of June last, your Petitioner was fined at the suit of the United States in the sum of Twenty dollars and costs of suit; for an assault and battery on the body of John Veach, a black man,...