Document 1:
Title: Petition of Celia King, Henry King, and Lewis Williams, 9 August 1862
Date: August 9, 1862
Source Text: A microfilm reproduction of the original document held at the National Archives and Records Administration, Microcopy 433, Reel 3. The original document is held in the Records of the District Courts of the United States, 1685–2004, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 21. Within the National Archives' Archival Description Catalog, see ARC Identifier 4314547 / MLR Number NC-2 33 (http://arcweb.archives.gov).
Document 2:
Title: Evidence Relating to the Petition of Celia King, Henry King, and Lewis Williams, 9 August 1862
Date: August 9, 1862
Source Text: A microfilm reproduction of the original document held at the National Archives and Records Administration, Microcopy 520, Reel 6. The original document is held in the Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, 1775–1978, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 217.6.5. Within the National Archives' Archival Description Catalog, see ARC Identifier 4644616 / MLR Number A1 347 (http://arcweb.archives.gov).
Civil War Washington ID: cww.01019
TEI/XML: cww.01019.xml
Mrs Julia Ten Eyck of New Jersey, having claim to the service or labor of the undersigned and having refused or neglected to file in your Office the statement in writing or schedule provided for in the 9th Section of the act of Congress Entitled "An Act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia approved April 16th 1862.
You will please file and record in your Office the annexed schedule in pursuance of an act supplementary to the above recited act approved July 12th 1862. The Petitioners were residents of the said District on the 16th of April and previous by and with the consent of said Mrs Julia Ten Eyck.
| Name | Age | Height | Remarks |
| Henry King | abt 12 years | 4 ft 10 in | Black |
| Lewis Williams | " 15 " | 4 ft 9 in | " |
| Celia King | " 30 " | 5 1 ½ | " |
his X mark Henry King
his X mark Lewis Williams
her X mark Celia King
Witness
J H McBlair
The Commissioners, satisfied on the testimony of J. H. McBlair of the truth of the within statement order the same to be so reported to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
Wm. R. Woodward Clerk to Commissioners
John H. McBlair. Know servants as servants of Julia Ten Eyck and were here 16 Apl 1862 were since out of city. here by consent of Mrs Ten Eyck. Mrs. Ten Eyck I know has relinquished all rights to them
