Thomas Jacobs asks the Delaware legislature to authorize his purchase of the slave Saulsbury from Roger Wright. He explains that in 1818, Maryland resident Roger Wright received permission from the Delaware legislature to bring six slaves into the state; Wright was required, however, to register the bill of sale for the slaves in the deeds office of Sussex County. Jacobs states that when he attempted to purchase the slave Saulsbury for $125 he "searched the records in the office ... but has not been able to find the record aforesaid required by said act to be made by the said Roger Wright." The petitioner speculates that Wright did not know he had to register Saulsbury at his birth. Jacobs therefore asks the legislature to "revive" the 1818 act so he can enter the bill of sale for the slave on the record and consummate his transaction with Wright.
Result: House: presented, read, referred.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
