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4 } Martha, Jackson, Harriett, And Silvey, Claiming them as the
absolute property of Said testator, And that they Are about to Sell
them as Such, notwithstanding they are apprised of your Orators
Claim thereto, that your Orator Sets a peculiar value upon Said
Slaves in as much as they are family Slaves, raised by your Orators
mother, And for this reason he feels it left to his remedy at law
he Could not be fairly Compensated in damages for their loss,
that Said executors have advertised them for Sale on the 9~ January
1837, And without the intervention of your Orator they will be
Sold absolutely, and that thereby your Orators claim to Said
property will be much injured, if not entirely destroyed,
that he has reason to believe, And does believe that all Said
Slaves will be Carried out of this State, And to effect this
purpose Said Executors And the legatees above named Are
Confederating together to Cheat and defraud your Orator, in
the premises. that your prayed the Said above named Legatees
and Executors be restrained from Selling, or in ~~~ manner
whatsoever from disposing of Said negroes, or Sending Any or
either of them out of this State, And for Injunction to issue,
Subpoena to issue, And general relief, Now in addition to
what is Stated in his Original bill, he would State to your
Orator that there Are as he is informed and believes other
persons than those mentioned And made parties defendants
in his original bill in this Case, who Claim to be interested
in the property mentioned herein, as distributees under the
will of Said Arthur, And ^as_v heirs and personal representatives
of Said distributee, that the distributees under the will of Said
Arthur Are Sarah W Washington And her husband John
Washington, whose distributive portion of Said Estate was by
the will of Said Arthur placed in the hands of Jacob Haigh
And John W Jones As trustees for the Seperate benefit of Said
Sarah, and that Said trustees were made parties defendant
to the Original bill, Your Orator would further State that