Yeardley, Sarah, fl. 1777 [Quaker Manumission]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09071 Author/Creator: Yeardley, Sarah, fl. 1777 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: January 28, 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy
"I Sarah Yeardley Widow of the township of Lower Makefield in Bucks County & Province of Pennsylvania do hereby set free from bondage, my Negroe Man Named Daniel Cuffy aged about fifty five years..." Partially printed with manuscript accomplishment.
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