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Bill of Sale

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Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Bill of sale and certification of freedom

Object ID: MG0268_S02_F016_In03_It02

Date Range: 1796 and 1801

2 documents

Collection: Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2

Title: Bill of sale and certification of freedom

Description: Official copy of a bill of sale between Daniel Buckley and Amos Slaymaker for the indenture of a Black woman, Dinah Scott, for 45 pounds. 2 January 1796. Amos Slaymaker's certification of her freedom after her agreed term of service of 5 years and 4 months. 30 July 1801.

Date Range: 1796 and 1801

Creation Date: 2 January 1796 and 30 July 1801

Creator: Buckley, Daniel, 1761-1827

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 07

Storage Container: Series 02, Box 0001

People: Buckley, Daniel; Buckley, Sarah Brooke; Duffield, Faithful Slaymaker; Ellmaker, Peter; Scott, Dinah; Slaymaker, Amos

Other Creators: Slaymaker, Amos, 1755-1837

Subjects: African Americans--History; Bills of sale; Indentured servants

Search Terms: Bills of sale; Certificates of freedom; Indentured servants; Persons of color

Extent: 2 items on one sheet, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Bill of Sale

Language: English

Object ID: MG0268_S02_F016_In03_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Receipt (MG0268_S02_F002_In06_It13); Birth record of Abraham Scott (MG0268_S02_F037_In05_It01); Birth record of Abraham Scott (MG0268_S04_F038_In03)

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Other Numbers: MG-268, Series 2

Other Number: MG0268, Series 2, Folder 16, Insert 3, Item 2

Classification: MG0268

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 8 August 2022.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.

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Certificate

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Certificate from William McCausland to the Court

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.002

Date Range: 1798/04/20

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Certificate from William McCausland to the Court

Description: Certificate from William McCausland to the Court advising of settlement of his law suit against James Crawford and dismissing his action.

Date Range: 1798/04/20

Creator: McCausland, William

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 8, Box 1

People: McCausland, William; Crawford, James

Subjects: Legal documents

Search Terms: Legal documents; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan, 20 x 33.5 cm.

Object Name: Certificate

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 2

Object ID: JBFP 8.2.3.002

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

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Accession Number: JBMS1998.051

Other Number: JBFP Part 8, Series 2, Subseries 3, Folder 2

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.

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Deed

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to Christian Eaby

Object ID: MG0846_F024

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

1 document

Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to Christian Eaby

Description: Deed from James Gibbons of Lampeter Twp. to Christian Eaby of Leacock Twp. for land in Lampeter Twp. alongside the public highway and beside Samuel Eaby's property. Signed 29 May 1793.

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Creation Date: 27 February 1793

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bolles, Sarah; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Evans, Thomas; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, James; Miller, John

Subjects: Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item

Object Name: Deed

Language: English

Condition Notes: Original seal on deed.

Object ID: MG0846_F024

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 24

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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Deed

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to Samuel Eaby

Object ID: MG0846_F025

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to Samuel Eaby

Description: Deed from James Gibbons of Lampeter Twp. to Samuel Eaby of Leacock Twp. for tract of land in Lampeter Twp., adjoined by Jepthat Lightfoot and on the south side of the public highway. Signed 29 May 1793.

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Creation Date: 27 February 1793

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Gibbons, James; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, John

Subjects: Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item

Object Name: Deed

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F025

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 25

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 11 August 2021.

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Deed

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to John Hertzkey

Object ID: MG0846_F026

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to John Hertzkey

Description: Deed from James Gibbons of Lampeter Twp. to John Hertzkey of Lampeter Twp. for land beside the public highway in line with Thomas [Evans'] land. Signed 29 May 1793.

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Creation Date: 15 April 1793

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Evans, Thomas; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, James; Hertzkey, John; Miller, John; Taylor, Barbara B.

Subjects: Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item

Object Name: Deed

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846_F026

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 26

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 11 August 2021.

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Deed

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to Jepthat Lightfoot

Object ID: MG0846_F027

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School Search Terms: Business records Correspondence Deeds Diaries Lampeter Twp. Leacock Twp. Letters Mills Philadelphia Quakers Society of Friends Westtown Boarding School �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633

1 document

Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Deed from James Gibbons to Jepthat Lightfoot

Description: Deed from James Gibbons of Lampeter Twp. to Jepthat Lightfoot of Lampeter Twp. for tract of land in Lampeter Twp. beside the public highway and next to Deborah Gibbons' property. Signed 29 May 1793. Recorded in Deed Book TT, page 436. 20 July 1795.

Date Range: 1793/05/29

Creation Date: 27 February 1793

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bolles, Sarah; Eaby, Samuel; Evans, Thomas; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, James; Johns, Jacob; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, John

Subjects: Deeds

Search Terms: Deeds; Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item

Object Name: Deed

Language: English

Condition Notes: Original wax seal on document.

Object ID: MG0846_F027

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records (MG0846), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846, Folder 27

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 11 August 2021.

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Docket

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Date Range: 1799-1895

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Habeas Corpus Docket

Description: Record of habeas corpus proceedings, showing dates of issue and return, names of defendant and custodian of prisoner, nature of writ, time and place of delivery, and disposition. Incomplete index in the back of the docket. Handwritten.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of issue.

Date Range: 1799-1895

Creation Date: 1799-1895

Year Range From: 1799

Year Range To: 1895

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: African Americans--History; Habeas corpus; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Dockets; Habeas corpus; Incarcerated persons; Persons of color; Petitions; Writs

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Docket

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2313-005

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Habeas Corpus Papers

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Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2313

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

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