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Manchester Nov 18 = 1848

Sir

Permit me to introduce to your favorable
consideration M^r W. H. Willis who will present
you this letter, M^r Willis has had ^a negro
stolen & he has rec^d information that the
negro & the thief Jefferson Cash have been
apprehended by the police of New Orleans
and are now there in confinement. He
desires to adopt some course by which
the thief may be brought to justice -
I have suggested to him as the only
course, likely to effect the object that
he file his complaint regularly swon [sic] to
before you, setting forth the facts and
praying for a requisition before the
Governor of Louisiana, for the body of
said Cash, I am personally acquainted
with - M^r Willis and he is entirely reliable
and Honorable honorable - Any favor
you may confer upon Willis in forward
ing his laudable effort to bring the felon
to justice will be duly appreciated by him
and confer a favor

your humble serv^t
[W P Hickerson]
of Manchester

His Exl.^l N S Brown
Nashville