Houston barber Peter Allen, a forty-nine-year-old free man of color, asks to remain in Texas. He "believes he has won for himself the good opinion of all who know him," and he acknowledges that he is well-known for his honesty, sobriety, and industry. Allen recounts that he has been in the service of an officer attached to Terry's Texas Regiment for the past eight months and "has been repeatedly complimented for the good and efficient service rendered his country upon the Battle-fields of Woodsonville and Shiloh, of which his modesty forbids him to speak." Deeming "it a peculiar hardship should he be required to leave this state at this time," Allen "humbly prays that a special act of the Legislature be passed for his relief allowing him to remain in this state." Thirty-four citizens of Harris County "take pleasure in certifying to his correct deportment."
Result: Referred to committee on slaves and slavery.
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Repository: Texas State Library-Archives Division, Austin, Texas
