1To Thomas Jefferson from Nancy Ray, 16 June 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer,—wife to the Prisoner Jacob Ray, most respectfully begs permission to acquaint, His Excellency, the President of the U. States with her present situation— She left her home, & her children in Georgia 8 weeks ago, with a lively hope of getting her husband released—This hope was chiefly grounded on the far famed clemency of the Executive—The long imprisonment her husband has already...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Nancy Ray, 31 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
The wife of prisoner Ray waits at your outer door, & humbly begs that for once only , & but for a few minutes your Excellency will suffer her to approach you—She promises after that no more to weary you with her importunites—but if you will not permit her in your presence she prays leave to send in another Petition which has lately come on from Georgia, & which she now has in her hands— ViW :...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Nancy Ray, 23 February 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Will Pleas to Let my unhappy Situation apolligise for my being so troblesom in calling so often—war it possable that I could explain my preasant situation to your Excellency I think it would opperate Much in my favour—but that is imposable for me to Do—A Midst all my Colamites I have bin hear upwards of ten months in a state of susspence—Hopeing from time to time of being releaved—Permit me to...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Nancy Ray, 12 March 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Will your Excellency bepleased to admit in your preasants—the unfortunate wife to the Prisoner Ray—so that I may state to your Excellency my Lementable situation—I am a great distance from home—amongst strangers—& is now moneyless—not able to Return home—and is desspertly situateed to stay here—with an expectation that in a short time I shall not be able to shift a bout as I have had to...