Document 1:
Title: Petition of Cornelia Gray and Julius Augustus McClellen, 30 July 1862
Date: July 30, 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 Cornelia Gray and Julius Augustus McClelland, 30 July 1862
Date: July 30, 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.01038
TEI/XML: cww.01038.xml
Mrs General Louisa Hunter of Alexandria County W Virginia 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 said District," approved April 16, 1862, you will please file this petition or schedule in lieu thereof, in pursuance of the provisions of an act supplementary to said act which said last mentioned act was approved July 12, 1862. This petitioner further state that the undersigned have resided in said District since the more than a year and ha[no handwritten text supplied here] resided therein since the 14 day of April 1862, by and with the consent of the said Louisa Hunter.
| Name, | Age, | Sex, | Remarks, |
| Cornelia Gray | 18 | female | Dark Copper |
| Julius Augustine McClellen | 1 year | male | Mulatto |
her X mark Cornelia Gray
his X markJulius Augustus McClellen
[In presence of?]
Geo E H Day
The Commissioners, satisfied on the testimony of David C. Reed of the truth of the within schedule ordered that the same be so certified to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
David C Reed I know them both. they belonged to Mrs Genl Louisa Hunter. They have been about my house the last 14 months. Cornelias mother was cook in my house. Mr Hunter sent the daughter up to her mothers
