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209 Exa.d Maryland sc.t Know all men by these presents that I John Brown of Rich.d of Anne Arundel County State of Maryland for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving do hereby declare (immediately after my Death) Free and manumitted the following negroes to wit Easter aged about Thirty eight years and her two Children the one named Anne about four years of age the Other named Betsey about one years of age to be Lawfully Free immediately after my Death as aforesaid Hereby acknowledging the above Negroes Easter Anne & Betsey discharged from all claim of services & right of property whatever from my heirs executors or administrators the manner and form above mentioned As Witness my hand and seal this nineteenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred & four Signed Sealed & delivered in the presence of Benj.a Allein his John Brown of Rd (seal) Nathaniel x Hughes mark On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed sc Anne Arundel County sct On the nineteenth day of November in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & four personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid the within named John Brown of Richd party to the within Instrument of writing who acknowledged the said instrument to be his act and Deed according |
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