[Collection of two documents related to the Brig James] Decimalized

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Collection Details

GLC#: GLC08380
Type: Header Record
Date: 16 October 1807
Title: [Collection of two documents related to the Brig James] Decimalized
Place Written: s.l.
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: The New Nation, 1783-1815

Sub-Era: The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Subjects

Maritime

Law

African American History

Slavery

Showing 2 of 2 records

Collection Item

Manuscript document

[Petition re: slaves]

16 October 1807

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864

Petition re: slaves "duly shipped on board the Brigantine called the James of Hartford," petitioning for their rightful wages. [Silliman began teaching at Yale in 1799.]

GLC08380.01

Collection Item

Autograph document signed

[Justice of the Peace order]

16 October 1807

Storrs, Lemuel, fl. 1807

Justice of Peace order to the Marshall of the District of Connecticut "issued against. . . Brigantine James . . . to answer for wages due" plus dockets.

GLC08380.02

[Collection of two documents related to the Brig James] Decimalized

[Collection of two documents related to the Brig James] Decimalized

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