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- GLC#
- GLC09104
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- March 26, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790
- Title
- [Document authorizing the distribution of confiscated slaves from Tory plantations to veterans of the Revolution]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 17 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
"Ordered that the Commissioners, of the Confiscated and Annexed Estates, furnish Mr. Henry Ellison with such Numbers of Negroes, as he is Entitled to Receive, by Virtue of his Certificates in Col. Jackson's Corps, agreeable to the Laws of this State & that this Order do issue in Favour of Mr. Ellison..." Docketed "An order for negros to H. Allison."
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