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                <text>&lt;p&gt;Papers, primarily 1770-1848, accumulated by members of the Baylor family of New Market, Caroline County, Va., especially Frances Walker Baylor (d. 1783), her son, John Baylor, Jr. (1750- 1808), who studied in England ca. 1770-1772, her grandson, Dr. George D. Baylor (1789-1848), and her great grandson, Dr. Warner Lewis Baylor (1825-1894). The loose papers are mainly family letters, legal records, genealogical information, and poems. Manuscript books include a nineteenth-century cookbook, Dr. George D. Baylor's ledger of medical accounts, 1842-1847, and genealogical information on the Lewis and related families. Three printed books have been transferred to the library. The collection is complemented by various photostats, including Col. John Baylor's letterbook, 1749- 1765, with letters to John Backhouse, Samuel Waterman, John Norton, Edward Athawes, Cary and Company, and others. Names in the collection include: James Clay, Robert Farrish, John Fox, George Hoomes, John L. Pendleton, Robert Powell, Edmund Taylor, and F. Waring.&lt;/p&gt;
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;[Recto]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whereas we have bin Credibly Inform'd that one Negro -&lt;br /&gt;Man Slave named Jack belonging to Rob&lt;sup&gt;rt&lt;/sup&gt;. Powell of&lt;br /&gt;y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt;. County planter, is Runaway now Lying hid [and]&lt;br /&gt;Lurking and doing Mischef within this County -&lt;br /&gt;Therfor in his Majestys name we hereby Require y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slave fourthwith to surrender himself or to return&lt;br /&gt;home to his master; and we [torn, illegible] [r]equire the Sheriff of y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; County&lt;br /&gt;Afores&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt;. to make Deligent Serch and to apprehend y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt;. Slave -&lt;br /&gt;and him to Deliver to his master or to Commit to y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; Goal&lt;br /&gt;of this County there to remain untill he shall be Clam'd by&lt;br /&gt;his owner or otherwise Discharged as y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; Law Directs &amp;amp; y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt;. -&lt;br /&gt;Sheriff is hereby Impowerd to raise and take w&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. him, Such power&lt;br /&gt;of his County as he Shall think fit &amp;amp; Necessary for y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; Effectual&lt;br /&gt;Apprehending y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt;. outlyin Slave; and we further Declare; if&lt;br /&gt;y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt; Slave Shall not Surrender himself nor return home. Imea&lt;br /&gt;diatly after Due publication of these presents y&lt;sup&gt;t&lt;/sup&gt;. then any person&lt;br /&gt;whatsover may Lawfully Kill &amp;amp; Destroy him without being&lt;br /&gt;Lyable to any penalty for so doing &amp;amp; hereof all persons are requir'd&lt;br /&gt;to take due notis, Given under our hands and seals this 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. day&lt;br /&gt;of Aug&lt;sup&gt;t&lt;/sup&gt; 1743 - &amp;amp; in y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; [damaged, illegible] Seventeeth Year of y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt; [crossed out, illegible] Reign of our Sovereign -&lt;br /&gt;Lord King George y&lt;sup&gt;e&lt;/sup&gt;. Second -&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Robert Farish&lt;br /&gt;George Hoomes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[Verso]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Powell's Procl of Outlawry&lt;br /&gt;p Jack&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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