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Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
[Birth certificate of a certain male child named Peter]
James, GeorgeBettyPeter
nyhs_sc_b-05_f-19_041 Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
1806-07-25
Birth certificate of Peter, born November 5, 1805, to a 'Mulatto woman…named Betty,' formerly belonging to New York City shipwright George James.
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New YorkSlavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificates
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