To Thomas Jefferson from John Page, 25 June 1804
From John Page
Richmond June 25th. 1804.
Sir,
Your letter of the 21st. instant inclosing the necessary Affidavits, and demanding Philip Williams and Jacob Ray, fugitives from justice, charged with having committed a felony within the district of Columbia, was delivered to me last night by the Postmaster of this place; and in compliance with your demand, and the constitution and laws of the United States, I have issued this day the orders necessary for the delivery of the said fugitives to the person duly authorized to attend and receive them. I am Sir, with great respect, &c.
John Page.
FC (Vi: Executive Letterbook); in a clerk’s hand; at head of text: “The President of the United States.” Recorded in SJL as received 28 June.
philip williams and Jacob Ray were convicted in Washington of counterfeiting and sentenced to seven years’ confinement and hard labor. It was reported that Ray would be remanded to the custody of a deputy marshal from Georgia so that he could stand trial for crimes committed in that state, but two years later he petitioned for his release from the Washington City jail (Washington Federalist, 10 Oct. 1804; Petition of Jacob Ray, 16 May 1806).