Petition : to Judge William Cranch for relief as insolvent debtor, Washington, D.C., 1821 May 7.

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Petition : to Judge William Cranch for relief as insolvent debtor, Washington, D.C., 1821 May 7.

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Griffith, of Alexandria County, Washington, D.C., petitioned for relief within the District of Columbia according to an Act of Congress. The transcript, by Edmund J. Lee, clerk, August 5, 1833, was attested to by W. Cranch, August 6, 1833.

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