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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
Volume 831, Page 303   View pdf image
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the peace of the state of Maryland for the said county and
acknowledges the same to be his act and Deed for the purposes
within mentioned and the negro man within named to be
henceforth manumitted and discharged from all service to
him or to any claiming under him and to be free and
manumitted according to the act of assembly in such cases
made and provided
Ch.d            acknowledged before         Lloyd Selby
3   Recorded the 27th day of January 1825


An Act authorising the recording of a Deed of
manumission
    Whereas Harry Simms of the City of Baltimore by his
petition to this General assembly hath set forth that
he was the slave of Jacob Franklin of Anne Arundel
county who on the thirty first day of August Eighteen
hundred and eighteen executed a Deed of manumission
by which he declared the said Harry Simms free and
discharged from all manner of servitude or service to
him the said Jacob Franklin his executors or administrators
forever but through the neglect or omission of the said
Jacob Franklin the said Deed was not recorded in due
time and remained unrecorded at the time of his death
and praying that a law may pass to authorize and
direct the said Deed of manumission to be recorded and
whereas the prayer of the said petion appears to be Just
and reasonable.   Therefore
    Be it enacted by the general assembly of maryland
that the clerk of anne arundel county Court is hereby
authorised and required upon application being
made to him for that purpose to record the aforesaid
Deed of manumission and the same when so recorded
shall have the same effect and operation as if it
                                                                   (had)


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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1816-1844
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