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Hilary Baker deposition on the freedom of John Hill, 1797 May 16 : manuscript.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 25 Folder 36
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Hilary, 1746-1798.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hill, John, active 1797.
- Hill, John.
- Clark, Benjamin, active 1797.
- Clark, Benjamin.
- Free African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Free African Americans.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Sources.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Genre:
- legal documents
- Manuscripts, American -- 18th century.
- Manuscripts, English -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by James Arsenault & Company (Arrowsic, Maine), 2024.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 bifolium) : paper ; 23 x 19 cm
- Production:
- Philadelphia, 1797 May 16.
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 25 Folder 36
- Biography/History:
- Co-founder of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and mayor of Philadelphia from 1796 to his death in 1798.
- Summary:
- Deposition of John Hill attesting to his status as a free Black man, with a supporting deposition by Benjamin Clark, another free Black man, dated 16 May 1797. Hilary Baker's signature as mayor appears below each, and both men signed the document with their marks. The name John Hill is written on the back (f. 2v) for filing purposes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1436897568
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