Petition #10186001
- Henry County, Alabama. filing started February 12, 1860.
- Court: Legislative
- Salutation: To the Senate + House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in general assembly Convened
Abstract
Harris Hays of Henry County served as an "agent" to halt the spread of smallpox during the epidemic of early 1859. He procured two slaves to work as nurses to treat the sick. One was his own slave; the other was a slave from Florida. He seeks $200 as compensation for the "hire of the said two nurses."
Result: Denied.
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: Summary of Report of Committee on Accounts and Claims, ca. 1860; Affidavit, M. A. Rutherford, et al., 20 January 1860
- Pages of related documents: 1
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Citation information
Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
- Records of the Alabama Secretary of State, Legislative Bills and Resolutions
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