Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
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Source Note
, Requisition, , Cole Co., MO, to Governor [], [, Sangamon Co., IL], [22] July 1842, Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault (State of MO, Office of the Governor 1842); printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; signatures of and James L. Minor; one page; JS Extradition Records, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum, Springfield, IL. Includes seal.
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THE OF THE STATE OF ,
To the of the State of
Greeting:
WHEREAS, it appears by the [an]nexed document, which is hereby certified as authentic, that one Joseph Smith is a fugitive from justice, charged with [bei]ng accessary, before the fact to an assault with intent to Kill, made by one on , in this — and, it is represented to the Executive Department of this , has fled to the State of
NOW THEREFORE, I, Governor [of the] said State, of , by virtue of the authority in me vested [by the] constitution and laws of the , do, by these presents, demand the surrender and delivery [of] [t]he said Joseph Smith to who is hereby appointed as the agent to receive the said Joseph Smith on the part of this .
[seal]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I
of the State of , have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of State of . Done at the this — day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty two, of [th]e Independence of the the sixty-seventh and of this the twenty third
BY THE GOVERNOR,
Jas L. Minor SECRETARY OF . [p. [1]]
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