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Court Order for the Arrest of Joel Fallowfield, 1857 June 16
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Content Description
Legal document from Queen Anne's County, Maryland, dated June 16, 1857, ordering the arrest of Joel Fallowfield for conspiring to kidnap and murder enslaved man Saul Brown. Brown, enslaved by Charles McCollister, was imprisoned in the county jail.
The document is numbered 11 above the docket title "State of Maryland vs. Joel Fallowfield," followed by sheriff A. A. Duhamel stating that Fallowfield was not found ("Non[ ]est"). Lists the judge as the Honorable P. B. Hopper and signed by clerk John Palmer. With embossed state seal.
Saul Brown was convicted of the murder of William H. Porter in 1855 and sentenced to be hanged on February 29, 1856, by Judge Hopper according to an article titled "Jackson's Execution: The Last Execution in Queen Anne's Was 38 Years Ago" published in The Transcript, Thursday, May 31, 1894.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Fleischer's Auctions (March 11, 2023 sale, Lot 291) via Joseph J. Felcone (AM 2025-017).
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information
Item processed and described by Lauren C. Williams in August 2024, using description provided by the dealer.
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- Credit this material:
Court Order for the Arrest of Joel Fallowfield; Princeton University Library Single Item Acquisitions, C1771, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box B-002091
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- Subject Terms:
- Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- 19th century
- Genre Terms:
- Court records -- Maryland