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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1807-1816
Volume 830, Page 293   View pdf image
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named Handy being of the age of forty three years
and able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood
and maintenance and him the said negro man
named Handy I declare to be henceforth free
manumitted and discharged from all manner of
servitude or service to me my executors or administrators
forever.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal this 27.th day of
March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen
Signed Sealed and delivered      W Alexander   (seal)
in the presence of
R Welch of Ben
William Woodward

On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to wit:
Anne Arundel County to wit:  On the 27.th day of
March 1815 personally appears William Alexander
party to the within instrument of writing before
me the subscriber a Justice of the peace of the
State of Maryland for the County aforesaid 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 services 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
             Acknowledged before
paid                                    R Welch of Ben
2½      Recorded the 28.th day of March 1815


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