Receipt issued to Jacob Van Dike related to Harry, a Black man carried away by followers of the British army
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-00654
- Source Type
- Bill of Sale, Invoice, or Receipt
- Location Created
- Middlesex County
- Date
- June 17, 1782
- Description
- Receipt issued to Jacob Van Dike and signed by James Dunn, Joseph Thickstun, David Dunham.
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Received June 17th, 1782 of Jacob Van Dike eight pounds and nine shillings proclamation money of New Jersey in full of our demand for ourselves & partners against him for apprehending his negro man Harry carried off by the followers of the British army in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, as witness our hands, this said negro being apprehended with a detachment of the British army.
The words / for ourselves & partners / being first interlined & the word six wrote over the word seven erased.
James Dunn
Joseph Thickstun
David Dunham
Witness
W Robert Morris
Frederick Van Dike - Language
- English
- Format
- 1 loose sheet of paper with handwriting
- Archival Collection
- Van Dike Family Papers, 1711–1838 (MC 505)
- Archival Location
- Box 1, Folder 3: Jacob Van Dike Papers, 1766-1819: Deeds, Bonds, etc., Papers relating to his estate 1809-1819
- Record Contributor
- Daniel Dias
- Jesse Bayker
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