Image Text 2 Items [Deed of Emancipation of Mary by Josiah Bell] Two-page deed of manumission and emancipation of the slave girl named Mary by Josiah Bell. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Deed of Emancipation of Steven Jackson by the trustees of the property of Michael Jackson] Two-page deed of emancipation of the Stephen Jackson, the son of the freedman Michael Jackson, by the appointed trustees of Michael Jackson's property, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Deed of manumission by Jean Lowry of the slave Phillis] Two-page deed of manumission by Jean Lowry of her female slave Phillis in Harrison County, Kentucky. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Deed of Emancipation of James by Elias Primrose] Two-page deed of manumission and emancipation of the slave named Thomas by his master Elias Primrose, in Harrison County, Kentucky. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Deed of Emancipation of the slave Anthony Bryant by Charles Miles] Two-page deed of emancipation of the slave Anthony Bryant, also know as Old Toney, by his owner Charles Miles in Harrison County, Kentucky. View Item
Image Text 2 Items [Deed of Emancipation of the slave Daniel by Lorenzo Goode] Two-page deed of emancipation of the slave man Daniel by his owner Lorenzo Goode, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. View Item
Image Collection 5 Items Duane family papers, 1665-1916 (bulk 1756-1900) This collection contains papers relating to the Duane family and associated families. The bulk of the collection concerns the papers of James Duane, a prominent New York lawyer, patriot, and land developer. James Duane (1733-1797) became the ward of Robert Livingston after his father's death around 1734 and married Livingston's daughter Mary in 1759. He made a number of profitable real estate investments and was a prominent lawyer by the time of the American Revolution. View Collection
Image Collection 1180 Items Joseph Reed and Esther De Berdt Reed papers, 1757-1874 Joseph Reed (1741-1785) was a lawyer, Revolutionary War soldier, and statesman born in Trenton, New Jersey. His wife, Esther De Berdt (1747-1780), organized aid for the Continental Army during the Revolution and was born in London, England. View Collection
Image Collection 9 Items John Coffin drafts of statements to the Court of Inquiry, 1783 Drafts of Major John Coffin's statements in reply to the defense of Lieutenant-Colonel George Campbell at Campbell's court martial. Major John Coffin and Lieutenant-Colonel George Campbell both served in the loyalist Kings American Regiment during the Revolutionary War. Campbell was very unpopular among his fellow officers in the regiment, and was court martialed in the summer of 1783. Among the charges levelled against him was unfair treatment of fellow officer Abraham de Peyster, who Campbell had had arrested and tried on a variety of charges earlier that year. View Collection