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14 September 1865
Brane, A.J., fl. 1865
[Oath of allegiance for A. G. Brane]
Private Brane was from Rockingham County, North Carolina. The oath is signed by Brane and witnessed by William Scott and H. P. Lomax.
GLC02385.02
19 June 1879
Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895
to Alexander Milton Ross
Brown Jr. writes from Put-in-Bay Island located on South Bass Island (Lake Erie), Ohio. He mentions he will personally be traveling to Kansas and possibly Colorado to examine the land for the purpose of "settlement by Colored people of limited means...
GLC03007.56.11
30 November 1859
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Maria Webb
GLC08360.04
18 April 1803
Freeman, John, fl. 1803-1809
[Division of a fence between John Freeman and Nathaniel Wing]
Delineates the bounds of each man's fence and states that Freeman will make all the fence westward of said boundary and Wing will make the fence eastward. Noted as entered with the clerk on 1 November 1803.
GLC09028.08
5 December 1804
Billings, Richard, fl. 1804
[Contract for purchase of land between John Freeman and Richard Billings]
Signed by Billings and Gilead Manse [?]. Billings owes Freeman $1500 for the sale of a piece of land with a dwelling house and barn in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
GLC09028.09
1 February 1809
Baker, Obadiah, fl. 1809
[Pay receipt for John Freeman]
Baker signs as receiving payment from Freeman for milk and other items.
GLC09028.10
March 1809
A list of the Grand Juror for County of Barnstable
Lists jurors names and home town. John Freeman is listed as foreman from Sandwich, Massachusetts.
GLC09028.11
17 November 1809
Eldridge, Simon, fl. 1809
[Receipt for payment of wages]
Received $7.60 for payment of "my Blak [sic] boy's wage..." Possibly Eldridge's African American slave or servant.
GLC09028.12
18 August 1816
Lowell, H.C., fl. 1816
[Pay receipt]
Lowell promises to pay Benjamin Freeman $138 in three annual payments with interest. Paid dates and amounts listed on verso. Accepted by B.F. Freeman by his attorney Abneer Knowles.
GLC09028.13
31 June 1824
Turner, Joshua, fl. 1824
[Bill of sale of a house]
Turner signs that he has received $45 payment from John Freeman for the sale of his house.
GLC09028.14
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