Notes on Manumissions recorded, circa 1939 (covering manumissions 1775-1798)
Scope and Contents
"A complete alphabetical list [by enslaver surname] of the manumision papers recorded in the book with the above title [A Record of the Discharges of the Negroes set at liberty by Friends of Westbury Monthly Meeting New York] which is in the Westbury Monthly Meeting safe."
Dates
- Creation: circa 1939 (covering manumissions 1775-1798)
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Returned by Marietta Hicks to Westbury Monthly Meeting (from John D. Hicks's attic), 11/1939
Physical Facet
carbon copy of typescript
General
Index to record book. Many (not all) manumission certificates are also in the collection as "Manumissions [certificates], 1775-1798"
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