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1803
New York Post
[New York Post over 300 issues].
Includes complete printing of Marbury v. Madison in two issues, complete printing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty and Conventions, a fire in New York, a slave rebellion, etc.
GLC08231
29 April 1813
Blake, Thomas (fl. 1813)
[Document attesting the free status of Richard Jackson].
One document dated April 29, 1813. Pertains to Richard Jackson, a freedperson. The form is partially printed and filled out by Thomas Blake as a character witness. It states, "the said Richard became free in or before the year 1800." Validated by New...
GLC08251
06 October 1795
Adams, Thomas (fl. 1795)
[Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night]
Records the marriage of Mingo and Dinah Night, "free black people."
GLC08257
22 Sept 1798
Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)
to James Jackson
Responds on Adams " behalf to Governor of Georgia re: federal and state efforts to protect Georgia from French naval attack. Concludes vulnerability of Savannah is so high that using "gallies manned with negroes for working them and with white men to...
GLC08347
18 March 1799
[Slavery]
Negro woman "Jane" seeks a writ of "Homine Replegiando" (asking the Court to return to freedom) against Edward Worrall.
GLC08356
16 October 1807
[Collection of two documents related to the Brig James] Decimalized
GLC08380
Silliman, Benjamin
[Petition re: slaves]
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
Storrs, Lemuel
[Justice of the Peace order]
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
28 September 1798
Heron, William (fl. 1798)
William Heron document
Heron was a Revolutionary War double agent involved with Arnold and Andre. Enclosing "An Act to provide for the valuation for lands and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves. . ."
GLC08389.03
30 November 1803
Compton, Harry (fl. 1803)
[Purchase of slave Kate and her three children by manumitted slave]
Legal document for the purchase of the slave Kate and her three children Ben, Caleb, and Nancy. The purchaser was "a free African" named Harry Compton, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and he left an "X" as his mark. It appears that Kate was Compton's...
GLC08440
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