Sir:
Agreeable to your request signified in your Letter I had the honor to receive from you of the 25th Current. Herewith is enclosed an order to the Sheriff to detain the negro you claim for Mr. McConnico.
The Bill of Sale should be proved as well as the Identity of the Negro previous to his being delivered and as this may be the means of delay to Mr. Wheeler, however wrong he may have acted, it is but just that his delay may be made as short as possible, you will therefore be pleased to obtain the proper proofs as soon as practicable.