Kiteridge, Peter, 1750-? to Gentlemen
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.702 Author/Creator: Kiteridge, Peter, 1750-? Place Written: Medfield, Massachusetts Type: Letter signed Date: April 26, 1806 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
One document written by Peter Kiteridge dated April 26, 1806. Details that he was born to African parents in Boston. Kiteridge at the time of this document is a freeman, and requests financial assistance from the Medfield's selectmen. Provides information between the time that he was enslaved, to serving in the military and later as a sailor Requests assistance from Medfield's Selectmen in supporting his wife and four children, claiming that none of the children are old enough to aid him in supporting the family and due to disease cannot work. States that though he is not a Medfield resident, he seeks the Selectmen's care as a stranger within their borders. Kiteridge signs with an "x." Signed by Ebenezer Clark and Paul Hither as witnesses.
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