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Rhea, Jonathan, 1758-1815 [Manumission of a mulatto slave named Benjamin Harkimon (or Harkinson)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00340 Author/Creator: Rhea, Jonathan, 1758-1815 Place Written: Trenton, New Jersey Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 13 April 1813 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Sends John B. Timberlake, bursar of the frigate United States commanded by Commodore Decatur, an official document freeing thirty-three-year-old Harkimon (or Harkinson), who was aboard the United States, with the stipulation that Harkimon pay $200. Notarized by James Linn, "one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey." Written on the same paper as a letter to Timberlake introducing the document. Contains a red wax seal.

Rhea, Jonathan, fl. 1813
Linn, James, 1749-1821
Timberlake, John B., 1777-1828
Harkimon, Benjamin, fl. 1813

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