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Hiring agreement for enslaved man Jim between William Skinner and Thomas Murphy
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Hiring agreement for enslaved man Jim between William Skinner and Thomas Murphy

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A handwritten hiring agreement between William Skinner and Thomas Murphy for an enslaved man named Jim.

Transcription:

Rec. 17 June 1822 of Mr. William Skinner forty five dollars in full for the hire of negro Jim the property of Sarah Clark                                                                    
                                                                                                                             Tho: Murphy
Sumner Hall
Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College
Clifton M. Miller Library
Washington College
June 17 1822
Dixon's Auction at Crumpton
Bordley Family
Sumner Hall
Norris Commodore
Terry Commodore
English
digital documents
The Commodore Collection
Slave records, Purchasing, Hire Church Hill

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