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Thomson, Charles Resolution re: accounting for slaves taken by British during war

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07623 Author/Creator: Thomson, Charles Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1786/08/09 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 24.9 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy

"Resolved: That the Secretary for foreign affairs cause to be made separate lists of the numbers, names, and owners of the Negroes belonging to the citizens of each State and carried away by the British..."

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