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Rector, H.M. calling for Cherokee Nation to remove and deliver "Jack" to Albert Pike

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07385.02 Author/Creator: Rector, H.M. Place Written: Little Rock, Arkansas Type: Document signed Date: 20 February 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26.1 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

"Jack a negro man...charged with horse stealing...has fled". (Extradition request?)

TO THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF THE
State of Cherokee Nation Whereas, It appears by the annexed documents, which is hereby certified to be authentic, that Jack a Negro slave stands charged with Horse stealing committed in the State of Arkansas, and information having been received that the said Jack a Negro Slave has fled from justice and taken refuge in the Cherokee Nation
Wherefore, I, H.M. Rector, Governor of the State of Arkansas, have thought proper, in pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the [struck: United] [inserted: Confederate] States, to demand the surrender of the said Jack a Negro Slave as fugitive from justice and that he be delivered to Albert Pike who is hereby appointed agent on the part of the State to receive him, and remove him to this State.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of the state affixed at Little Rock, this 20th day of February, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty two, [struck: and of the Independence of the United States of America, the year.]
H.M. Rector
BY THE GOVERNOR:
John J. Sterman,
Secretary of State.

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