John Stack seeks compensation for his slave, Solomon, who died while working on the state capitol building. Stack states that he "had hired to James Jones, - Commissioner of the State Capitol - to work on the state Capitol, a negro slave named Solomon." He further charges that said slave "was taken sick, & was known to be so by the overseer, & no Physician was sent for until his case was hopeless." The petitioner therefore "thinks that he should be paid by the State for the loss of said slave."
Result: Referred to claims committee; rejected.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
