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State of Maryland SS J A Lingan Jarrett Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County the same being a Court of law and record hereby ^declare^ certify That sufficient legal evidence has this day been produced before me to satisfy me that the bearer hereof Negro Lacrtes Preston aged about twenty three years of age dark complexion Slender built five feet Eight inches high with a scar on the inside of his right leg immediately above the knee joint was born free in Harford County Therefore be it known to all whom it may concern that in pursuance of the act of assembly [illegible] made & proved This Clerk as aforesaid do hereby certify & declare the said negro Lacrtes Preston [illegible] as aforesaid to be free he having been born of free parent In testimony &C |
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