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191 Received on the day of the date of the above instrument of writing the sum of one dollar Current money being the consideration money therein mentioned Test Richard Ireland Tho: Whittington Wm Butler Anne Arundel County to wit: On this thirteenth day of February Eighteen hundred and twenty one personally appeared Thomas Whittington party to the within instrument of writing before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed for the purposes within mentioned and the negroes within named to be manumitted according to the respective periods therein mentioned and to be free and manumitted from him or any claiming under him according to the periods therein mentioned and the Acts of assembly in such cases made and provided Acknowledged before Ch.d Lewis Sutton 3¾ Recorded the 22d day of march 1821 To all whom it may concern Be it known That I Elijah Williams of anne arundel County State of maryland for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving have released from slavery liberated manumitted and set free and by these presents do hereby release from slavery liberate manumit and set free the following negroes to wit: 1.st my negro man named Saul being now about the age of twenty six years who is to receive his freedom on the first day of September Eighteen hundred (and) |
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