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30 December 1862
Cohen, Solomon, fl. 1862
[Printed bill of sale for Washington, an enslaved man]
One printed bill of sale paid by William Jones to Solomon Cohen. Jones paid Cohen $1,505 to enslave a man named Washington.
GLC01445.04
1893 circa
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]
Does not want her father made into a wax sculpture by men in Chicago who are staging an exhibition about John Brown's raid. Only the last two pages remain. Place and recipient inferred from content.
GLC03007.52
10 June 1864
Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933
to Nen
Sends a piece of a Confederate skull from the Battle of Chancellorsville, as well as a piece of Washington's mother's monument from Fredericksburg. Written from the 5th Maine Battery.
GLC03523.15.09
16 August 1864
to Emily Brown
Instructs her to direct her letters to him through Washington as they are never in one place for more than three or four days. Asks for $50 because he won't receive any more pay until he is discharged.
GLC03523.15.13
7 February 1778
Martinica, Dominica, fl. 1777-1778
[Legal document of privateer from Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida claiming enslaved people]
One document countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood of the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida dated February 7, 1778. Signed with an "X" as the mark of Lieutenant Dominica Martinico. Document states that Martinico, the commander of the...
GLC01411.01
28 May 1778
Campbell, Donald, fl. 1776-1778
[Legal declaration on the ship Clarendon in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida]
Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by Donald Campbell of Kingston, Jamaica as a witness identifying the vessel "Clarendon." Campbell attested that the ship currently named "Lizette," sitting in the harbor of St. Augustine...
GLC01411.02
25 June 1776
Wood Joseph, fl. 1776
[Legal document for recovery of debt in East Florida Court of Common Pleas]
Legal document from the East Florida Court of Common Pleas. Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Signed by Joseph Wood who was swearing that John Williams, a "Practitioner in Physics," owes him the sum of "Ten pounds and upwards." Also signed by...
GLC01411.03
2 January 1778
Sviney, Noel, fl. 1776
[Oath on papers captured and thrown overboard from the ship Bourbon]
Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal oath sworn before the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida and signed by Sviney as the purser of the British ship "Perseus." Sviney attested that the packet of papers from the captured ship "Bourbon"...
GLC01411.04
18 January 1777
Catherwood, Robert, fl. 1764-1783
[Judicial order for the officers of "Beaufort" to be examined under oath]
Order signed by Judge Catherwood and sent to John Halsey, the Marshal of the Court of Admiralty of East Florida. After reading the petition of William Panton and another claimant and hearing from several witnesses, Catherwood tells Halsey to order...
GLC01411.05
14 November 1777
[Judicial order concerning the ships "Polly and "White Queen"]
Judicial order of the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida signed by Judge Catherwood. It was ordered that the cargo belonging to the vessel "Polly" be landed and an inventory be taken. Also orders that the "Polly" be used for "the purposes of...
GLC01411.06
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