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Anne Arundel County Court, Manumission Record, 1807-1816
Volume 830, Page 330   View pdf image
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To all whom it may concern  Be it Known that
We Richard Harrison and Bennett Harrison of
Anne Arundel County in the State of Maryland for
divers good causes and considerations us thereunto
moving as also in further consideration of the
sum of five dollars current money to us in hand
paid have released from slavery liberated
manumitted and set free and by these presents
do hereby release from slavery liberate manumit
and set free our negro woman named bess who
is able to work and gain a sufficient livelihood
and maintenance and her the said negro woman
bess we do hereby declare to be henceforth free
manumitted and discharged from all manner of
servitude or service to us our executors or
administrators forever.  In Testimony whereof we
have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this fifteenth day of December in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen
Signed Sealed and delivered     Rich Harrison   (seal)
in the presence of us                  Bennett Harrison   (seal)
John H. D Lane
Eliel Gott

On the back of the aforegoing was thus endorsed to wit
Received on the day of the date within mentioned
the sum of five dollars current money it being the
full consideration money within mentioned
                                                 Rich.d Harrison
                                                 Bennett Harrison

Anne Arundel County to wit  On this 15.th day of
December 1815 personally appears Richard Harrison
and Bennett Harrison before me the subscriber
a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and


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