Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Report of Standing Com. August 16. 1787, page [1] and [4]

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Creator / Contributor: New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated. Standing Committee
Lawrence, John
Title: Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. Report of Standing Com. August 16. 1787, page [1] and [4]
Collection Title: New-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849
Date: 1787-08-16
Description: One page manuscript report on the work of the Standing Committee, with cover, dated August 16, 1787, signed by John Lawrence and others. Among other activites, the report refers to their work liberating slaves who had been property of forfeited estates. List of names of people requesting membership of the society pasted to verso.
Identifier: nyhs_nyms_v-05_022
Mss Collection - BV Manumission Society - Volume 5
Subject: Forfeiture--New York (State)
Subject corporate name: New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated. Standing Committee
Material type or medium of original: reports
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