William Morgan certificate. 1839.

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William Morgan certificate. 1839.

Account certifying that Joseph Smith, Caleb Baldwin, and Lyman Wight escaped from Morgan "without the common concent or negligence of myself or gard" on April 16, 1839. The item was written on July 6, 1839. Morgan, along with William Bowman, Wilson McKinney, John Brassfield, and John Pope, was escorting the prisoners to Boone County to be tried for various crimes.

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