COPY OF ORDER OF RE-COMMITMENT.

New Castle county, ss., the State of Delaware to Wm. R. Lynam,

and to the Sheriff or keeper of the Common Jail of said county,

Whereas ---- Davis hath this day been brought before me, the

subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the

said county, charged upon the oath of Robert Hardie with being a

runaway slave, and also as a suspicious person, traveling

without a pass, these are therefore to command you, the said Wm.

R. Lynam, forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of

the said Sheriff, or keeper of the said jail, the body of the

said Davis, and you the said Sheriff or receiver of the body of

the said Davis into your custody in the said jail, and him there

safely keep until he be thence delivered by due course of the

law.

Given under my hand and seal at New Castle this 21st day of

March, A.D., 1854.

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