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Title |
Document regarding manumission for a female slave named Mary |
Collection Name |
Perine Family Papers |
Date |
March 30, 1809 |
Description |
This document indicates that Cornelius McLean applied to John A. Van Pelt and Edward Perine, Overseers of the Poor, for the town of Southfield on Staten Island, that "he ... Intends & wishes to manumit & abandon, make free & Set at Liberty his Female Slave Mary -- which Said Female Slave Mary had appeared before us, and we are of oppinion that the said Female Slave appears to be under the age of fifty years, and is of Sufficient ability to maintain & Support her Self -- agreeable to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York in Such case made & provided & we further request this Certificate may be Entered on the Records of the Town Clerk of Southfield Given under our hands at Said Town the 30th day of March 1809." Signed by John A. Van Pelt and Edward Perine, Overseers of the Poor. (This is a description of a single item within the Perine Family Papers, MS179.000) |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
12.5" H. x 8" W. |
Catalog Number |
MS179.000.ITEM.0070 |
Object Name |
Document |
Archival Description Level |
Item |
Parent Record |
MS179.000 |
Subjects |
Slaves |
Earliest Date |
1809 |
Latest Date |
1809 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Perine, Edward |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, July 2019. |