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Enslaved children listed, one boy and two girls.
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RG-03-00-0133
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Custodial History
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Signers of petition: Christian Moyer, George Weaver, Frederick Seeger, John Roland, Cyrus Jacobs, John Huston, Peter Diller, James Galt, Jacob Ringwalt, George Stoufer, Isaac Diller, Andrew Rudy, C. Carpenter, and one other.
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On the road leading from Reamstown to Philadelphia.
Petition allowed.
Signers of petition: [ ] Ream, Peter Diller, John Missner, Samuel Martin, John Wright, Marcus Montelius, Adam Mossner, Jacob Kline, George Witters, William Shabbe, Cyrus Jacobs, Daniel Hahn, Abraham Schweigart, George Stirk, Henry Kemper, and six others.
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Signers of petition: John Whiteside, Jacob Duchman, Levi Howe, Jacob Delcamk, Christian Hartman, John Cryder, Frederick Stamm, Jacob Nickel, David Hummel, and 2 German names.
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