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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_003
Receipt for the hire of servant woman, Kitty, by Edward Anderson
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_005
Joseph Wickes assessment
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_010
Hire agreement
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_048
Rental agreement
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_049
Rental agreement
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_057
Letter from William Hanes to Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_089
Note between John W. Palmer and Thomas Hynson
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_136
Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hire
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_137
Land, Houses, and Servants and to Whom Rented and Hired
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_139
Samuel Ringgold will
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_141
Sarah A. Roughley legal letter to Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_142
Sarah A. Roughley legal statement
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_144
Clement A. Sharp legal letter to Joseph Wickes
CH_CA_2023_IC_005_010
Mary S. Thomas hire agreement
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_010
Hannah Ringgold's manumission application in the Kent County court records
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_011
Harriet Lockerman, formerly Harriet Thomas, mulatto, is manumitted.
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_013
Kent County Manumission records - Richard Hynson frees Ebenezer Posey by deed.
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_014
Kent County Freedom Certificates - William Perkins manumitted his wife.
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_016
Kent County Chattel Records - Eliza, aged 40
CH_CA_2024_MSA_004_019
Manumission certificate for Jake walker
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