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- [Receipt of maintenance fees for a slave named Dina at Bridewell Almshouse]
- Receipt of payment to an almshouse for maintenance fees for Dina "a slave in Bridewell" [probably the New York City Almshouse] from owner Rich Thurman [?] to Superintendant Mr. Jones.
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- [Deed of manumission by Frederick De Peyster]
- Two-page deed of manumission by Frederick De Peyster, acting as executor for the deceased Samuel Hake of New York City, emancipating slave Phoebe Jackson. Signed by witnesses J. [John] Nitchie and Henry M. Fine, and made official by DeWitt Clinton.
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- [Bill of sale for a slave named Joe]
- Receipt for the sale of "a certain black man named Joe" from Joseph Houston, Junior, and Charles J. Guion of New York City to Peter G. Hart. Document specifies that after a period of four years, Joe will be freed. Signed by witness Benjamin Hart.
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- [Bill of sale for a slave named Violet]
- Bill of sale of "a negro girl named Violet" from New York City butcher Rober Heaton to Nicholas Jones.
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- The King ags. Belinda, a Negro Wentch of Wm. Cooks
- Document labeled "Supreme Court, October Term" listing people indicted in the case of Belinda, a slave owned by William Cook, who was accused of murdering Cooler, a slave owned by Nathaniel Marston. Includes surgeons John Bard [possibly of New York], and Thomas Jones, George Walgrove [Walgreen?], Robert Plowman, Robert Burnee, Patrick Murphew [Murphy?], Samuel Johnson, Ephrah Cook, Sarah Brock, and Elizabeth Tuckey.