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Title
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GLC03943: Philip Livingston [Witnessing 200 pound bond for manumission of slave], 1757/05/04.
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Creator
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Livingston, Philip (1716-1778)
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Date
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1757/05/04
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Type
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Document signed
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Source
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (Collection)
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Subject
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Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
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Description
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Legal document for the posting of a bond for the manumission of the slave Ann. Signed as witnesses by the Aldermen and Justices of the Peace for the City and County of New York: John Cruger, Simon Johnson, Francis Gilpin, Philip Livingston (the Declaration of Independence signer), Leonard Lispenard, and William Coventry. Ann was previously owned by Eve Scurlock, a tavern keeper, who had recently died. Her will freed Ann. John Vanduersen, a cordswain, and Peter Burger, a cooper, paid the bond necessary to manumit her. Posting a bond was a condition of freedom for slaves after the revolt in New York of 1741. Embossed seal of New York at top of recto.
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Relation
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GLC03943
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Extent
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2 p. : docket ; 30.9 x 20.8 cm.
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Language
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English
