Hiring agreement for enslaved boy Jem by Richard Tilghman
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The following letter records a proposed exchange of an enslaved boy named Jem. Polly Dixon, who lived in the house of the person who wrote the letter, offered Gem to James Woodland and Nat Commings.
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Clifton M. Miller Library
Washington College
January 31 1790Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
Clifton M. Miller Library
Washington College
English
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The Commodore Collection
Exchange, Slave trade, Letters Church Hill
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