Overseers of the Poor of Franklin seek to bind out 9 abandoned Black girls, by David Nevius and John P. Nevius

Overseers of the Poor of Franklin seek to bind out 9 abandoned Black girls, by David Nevius and John P. Nevius
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Identifier
NJS-SRC-01110
Source Type
Auction or Sale Notice
Headline
Notice is hereby given
Author
David Nevius (1748-1825)
John P. Nevius
Publication
Trenton Federalist
Place of Publication
Trenton
Date of Issue
April 16, 1810
Date Submitted
April 13, 1810
Page
3
Description
A notice from the Overseers of the Poor of the township of Franklin, Somerset County, seeking to bind out nine Black girls who were abandoned to the Overseers as paupers per the provisions of New Jersey's gradual abolition law.
Transcript
Notice is hereby given,

THAT the following female abandoned black children of the township of Franklin, county of Somerset, born after the 4th day of July 1804, in said township, will be put out according to law on application to the overseers of said township, viz.

2 of 4 years and 3 months old,
1 ... 4 ... 0 ... do.
1 ... 3 ... 5... do.
3 ... 3 ... 4 ... do.
2 ... 3 ... 3 ... do.

David Nevius, }
John P. Nevius } Overseers of the poor.
April 13, 1810.

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Language
English
Mentions
Franklin (Somerset County)
Keywords
abandonment
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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