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Hodge, Thomas (fl. 1774) [Transportation of convict to Virginia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08459 Author/Creator: Hodge, Thomas (fl. 1774) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 18 September 1774 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 16 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Assigns convict Thomas Morgan to serve a term of seven years beginning on 17 September 1774, the day the ship transporting him, the Taylor, arrives in Virginia.

Hodge, Thomas, fl. 1774
Morgan, Thomas, fl. 1774

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