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-Negro Jim- }
------- v. -------} Petition for Freedom
W^m. Curren}

This case is grounded on an act of assembly
of the State of Pennsylvania

Th^o. Mahon a witness for the Petr.

About the year 1784 - [ ] Patterson the
Master lived in Maryland -- the Petr. ran away from
his master, went to Flemmings in Pennsylvannia and staid
there consealed, for some time; that F after Patterson
discovered the Petr. to be at Flemings he sent times
to Flemings to give the negro a time to find a
Master - that after Fleming got where the Petr. first
went to Flemings, Patterson had no knowledge of his
being there, f that some time after the rest of
the said times, Fleming & his wife went to Patterson
and that on their return, the Petr. set in to work
openly with Fleming -- that about 4 or 5 weeks
after F. & wife returned from Pattersons, F. sent
the Petr. to Maryland with a load of leather
and the day after the Petr. return, the witness left
Fleming in year 1784 and does not know how long the
Petr. lived with F. afterwards -- that P. & F.
lived within two or three miles of each other
and that there was frequent communication
between the families --

1^st. Question is the petitioner [ ] by the former
judg^t.

2^d. It is contended that the Petitioner lived with Fleming
in Pennsy^la as a runaway and of course not
entitled to freedom under the laws of Pennsy^la. &c.