Abstract

In this letter, M. M. Brien of Smithville, Tennessee asks Huntsville, Alabama attorneys Parsons & Walker for news about the case of Tubbs and Reynolds vs. Driver et. al. He also provides some additional information about the enslaved peoples whose labor is disputed in the case.

Abstract A single letter written on March 22, 1844, by Spencer Jarnagin in Washington City to W. H. Thompson, Esq. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The letter details the account of Jarnagin receiving a letter from Thompson requiring a payment. Jarnagin then proceeds to pay by check, a sum that may be retrieved at North American Bank in Philadelphia. The end of the letter also informs Thompson that his old acquaintances, General Jacobs and Hugh S. McClung, are in town and may be leaving for Philadelphia...