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GEORGE BIBB Treasury Secretary Autograph Document Signed Regarding the Theft of a Slave and Her Child 1828

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GEORGE MORTIMER BIBB (1776-1859). American lawyer and politician; the Seventeenth United States Secretary of the Treasury; was Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and twice represented Kentucky as a Senator in Congress (1811 to 1814) and (1829 to 1835).

January 21st, 1828-Dated, Autograph Document Signed, “Geo:(rge) M Bibb” as Chief Justice of Kentucky, regarding Slavery, Fine. This Document has 12 pages, measuring 8.5" x 12" being official court records (mostly written by different hands), concerning the theft of a Slave and her child. Some short fold splits, even in tone, written in brown ink on fine wove period paper with some internal archival tape reinforcement, overall easily readable and in very good condition. In this legal case the defendants, plaintiffs, Justices of the Peace, & various lawyers all give signed depositions; plus an order to the sheriff is responded to, & on the final page, Bibb writes his 16-line Opinion as Chief Justice of Kentucky, Signing “Geo:(rge) M Bibb” as Chief Justice of Kentucky, at its conclusion.
George M. Bibb was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1791, and later graduated from the College of William & Mary, then studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky. After making a permanent move to Kentucky, Bibb was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1806, 1810, and again in 1817. He was appointed a judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1808, and then Chief Justice through 1810.

While a wealthy man, he claimed to have faced significant financial difficulties from losses in the Panic of 1837. Following the death of his father, the Reverend Richard Bibb Sr., George Bibb advised his brother on how to carry out his father's instructions in his legal Will, to Emancipate all of his Slaves. George Bibb did so, despite his personal Pro-Slavery views.

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