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[Engraving of a young Alexander Hamilton]
Note signed by Frederick Reynolds indicates the image was engraved in mezzotint and printed in color. Accompanied (but unrelated to) GLC02908.01.
GLC02908.02
20 September 1781
Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795)
[Announcement for reward for runaway "negro man servant" named Peter]
An announcement made by Bartlett, the second signer of the Declaration of Independence, regarding his runaway "Negro man servant Named Peter, aged about Twenty years, a short thick fellow, speaks good English, is pretty sensible and understands...
GLC02816
24 February 1777
Desprez, Henriques (fl. 1777)
Account of slave rebellion in New Orleans [in Spanish]
Account of a slave rebellion while New Orleans was under Spanish rule. States that the rebellion occurred on 9 and 10 February 1777. Discusses what should be done to prevent future rebellions. States that drinking causes enslaved people to commit...
GLC03040
1796
Petition from "Phebe" to Judges of Frederick County Court
One undated petition filed with Frederick County Court on behalf of an enslaved woman named Phebe. She stated that slaveowner, Daniel Dorsey, freed her. A clerk, H.R. Warfield, summarized the judgement, stating that Phebe is the property of Deborah...
GLC09819
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