Keywords: Thomas T. G. Pearce's Original Fugitive Slave Petition and Ownership Documentation, Court Record - NARA - 278822.tif Scope and content Mr Pearce requests permission of the court to seek out and recover his fugitive slave Lewis Johnson General notes 278822 Local identifier U S District Court for the District of Maryland 09/24/1789 - 03/21/1892 NARA's Mid Atlantic Region Philadelphia NRBA 900 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19107-4292 date 1851 05 27 Record group Record Group 21 Records of District Courts of the United States 1685 - 2004 Record group ARC 350 Fugitive Slave Case Papers compiled 1850 - 1860 Series ARC 278775 File unit Thomas T G Pearce's Original Fugitive Slave Petition and Ownership Documentation 05/27/1851 - 05/27/1851 File unit ARC 278818 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRBPA-21-24M103A-11-4 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov 1851 texts History of Maryland History of slavery in Maryland Courts of the United States Fugitive slaves |