Sujet

Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Seely for his slave..., 1783. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Request for compensation to be paid to Nathaniel Seely for his slave, Amos Seely, who was killed in the American Revolutionary War, 1783. 'Pay-table office, July 30th, 1783. Sir, Please to secure to Mr. Nathanial Seely Master and Owner of Amos Seely a Negro man deceased the Payment of seven pounds twelve shillings and two pence being the Balance found due to him for Service in the Continental Army, before the year 1780. Agreeable to Act of Assembly - and Charge the State. £....[signature] Committee. John Lawrence, Esq; Treasurer'.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A17_012

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NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,8Mo (2,9Mo) / 46,5cm x 36,5cm / 5497 x 4311 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black library country money finance color death war text location Armed Forces century rebellion document sepia ownership administration revolution property concept African American African-American owner afro-american slavery lettering public library MONOCHROME Army warfare slave admin United States of America Colour armed services Continental army 18th century American Revolutionary War Eighteenth Century New York Public Library NYPL heritage American America USA American Revolution 1775-1783 American War of Independence 1775-1783 compensation united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art enslaved person documents Schomburg Center for Research Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture