James Dunn
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01896
- Given Name
- James
- Family Name
- Dunn
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
- The name James Dunn appears on a receipt related to a Black man named Harry issued in 1782 to Harry's enslaver Jacob Van Dike. Dunn was among the men who apprehended Harry and took him from British troops during the Revolutionary War.
- Keywords
- white person
- Places
- New Jersey
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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Author:
- Receipt issued to Jacob Van Dike related to Harry, a Black man carried away by followers of the British army (Receipt issued to Jacob Van Dike related to Harry, a Black man carried away by followers of the British army, June 17, 1782. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Van Dike Family Papers, 1711–1838 (MC 505). Box 1, Folder 3: Jacob Van Dike Papers, 1766-1819: Deeds, Bonds, etc., Papers relating to his estate 1809-1819.)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1782 Capture: Harry (Role: Captor)
- Resource class
- Agent