Free person of color Thomas Brown, apprenticed to a secessoinist, takes refuge in Annapolis
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Free person of color Thomas Brown, apprenticed to a secessoinist, takes refuge in Annapolis
Description
Thomas Brown, a free person of color apprenticed to Grafton Hall, a secessionist, seeks protection in Annapolis because he is afraid that Hall will punish him for giving information to Union troops "that had led to the capture of revel arms."
Date
2/15/1862
Coverage
Anne Arundel County, MD
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Commander of the Post of Annapolis to a White Marylander
Head Quarters Annapolis Mᵈ
February 15th 1862
Henderson Magruder Esq
Sir A Black Man Calling himself “Thomas Brown” has appealed to me for protection he tells me he was born a free man and is an apprentice under the laws of this State owing Service to one “Grafton Hall”
That the said Hall is a Secessionist and intends to punish him for having given information to the troops that had led to the Capture of rebel Arms. Also that you are acquainted with the facts and have heard him make threats that would show he intended to punish him in some Cruel or unusual Manner,
Will you write me on the subject or of you Can spare the time visit me here at the Naval School. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
(Signed) Jno P Hatch Brig Genl
Commanding
Brig Genl Jno P Hatch to Henderson Magruder Esq, 15 Feb. 1862, vol. 145/288 8AC, p. 14, Letters Sent, ser. 4876, Post of Annapolis, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 315 [C-8879].
Head Quarters Annapolis Mᵈ
February 15th 1862
Henderson Magruder Esq
Sir A Black Man Calling himself “Thomas Brown” has appealed to me for protection he tells me he was born a free man and is an apprentice under the laws of this State owing Service to one “Grafton Hall”
That the said Hall is a Secessionist and intends to punish him for having given information to the troops that had led to the Capture of rebel Arms. Also that you are acquainted with the facts and have heard him make threats that would show he intended to punish him in some Cruel or unusual Manner,
Will you write me on the subject or of you Can spare the time visit me here at the Naval School. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
(Signed) Jno P Hatch Brig Genl
Commanding
Brig Genl Jno P Hatch to Henderson Magruder Esq, 15 Feb. 1862, vol. 145/288 8AC, p. 14, Letters Sent, ser. 4876, Post of Annapolis, RG 393 Pt. 2 No. 315 [C-8879].
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Citation
“Free person of color Thomas Brown, apprenticed to a secessoinist, takes refuge in Annapolis,” Black Maryland in the Civil War—A Microedition of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, accessed June 8, 2026, https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/44.