Communication from the Executive, enclosing a correspondence &c. relative to Bemis, and others.

[Annapolis?, Maryland] : [publisher not identified], [1839]

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Consists chiefly of correspondence between Jonathan Meredith, Commissioner from the state of Maryland, and T.H. Burrowes, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and other Pennsylvania officials. Nathan S. Bemis, Jacob Forwood, Edward Prigg, and Stephen Lewis were citizens of Maryland who were charged in Maryland for kidnapping slaves; they sought refuge in Pennsylvania. Meredith sought to have them returned to Maryland to "preserve the rights of Slaveholders and cherish good will between the two States." (Page 4)

"I submit for your consideration, a communication from Jonathan Merredith [sic], Esq. containing a copy of his correspondence with the government of Pennsylvania, and of bills, introduced into the Legislature of that State, in relation to the case of Nathan S. Bemis, and others. ... Wm. Grason."--Page 1.
"By the House of Delegates, April 1, 1839. Read and referred to the Committee on Grievances and Courts of Justice. By order, Geo. G. Brewer, Clerk."--Page 1.

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