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Adams, Thomas, fl. 1795 [Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08257 Author/Creator: Adams, Thomas, fl. 1795 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 06 October 1795 Pagination: Order a Copy

Records the marriage of Mingo and Dinah Night, "free black people."

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