Legal documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, 1777-1851.

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Legal documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, 1777-1851.

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Last will and testament of Colonel Pierre Benjamin Faneuil, Boston, Mass., 1877; ALS Revolutionary War pension request for Tyler Porter, with list of battles, Mass., 1818; New York State Militia Return of Officers... under Command of Brigadier-General Lyman Curtiss, 1834; Beebee & Co. Bullion Exchange Bankers, N.Y. financial statement, 1851; will of Christian Gingery of Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa., includes mention of "mulato Girl," 1778; will of Jacob Rubsamen (?) of Philadelphia, Pa., includes manumission of three slaves, 1792; and will of Brigadier General Christian Febiger, Philadelphia, Pa., 1796. Also clipping with poem about slavery, "The Auction-Block Again - Who Bids?" from the New York Tribune, n.d.

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Faneuil, Pierre Benjamin.

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Gingery, Christian.

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Porter, Tyler.

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Beebee & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

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New York (State). Militia

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Levies were special regiments recruited under provisions of the legislature which entitled recruits to plots of unappropriated land. From the description of Levy certificates issued record book. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617529 ...

Febiger, Christian, 1746-1796

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Christian Febiger was a colonel with a Virginia regiment during the Revolution. From the description of Letterbooks, 1778-1786. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441747 ...

Rubsamen, Jacob.

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Curtiss, Lyman.

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