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Mayor's Registry of Colored Persons: 1820-1849

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20731
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 2: #205
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Alternate Title
Negro entry book.
Mayor's register of coloured persons.
Negro registry.
Physical Description
32 p.
Notes
Original manuscript is in the archives. Microfilm box labeld # 205.
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Slaves - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Slave records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 2: #205
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Negro registry ; or Mayor's register of coloured persons, 1820 - 1849 ; or Negro entry book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18446
Call Number
326 L244h
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Alternate Title
Mayor's registry of colored persons.
Negro entry book.
Responsibility
Transcribed by Dr. Letoy T. Hopkins, Jr., 1984.
Physical Description
32 p. ; typescript.
Notes
"In 1820 there was an Ordinance requiring all "persons of colour," residents and visitors, to register with the mayor within 24 hours of arrival in the city, providing information as to name, address, names of all family members, and occupations."
Original manuscript is on microfilm Drawer 3, sec. 2: #205.
Original manuscript in Archives (LCHS).
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Slave records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Registers.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Additional Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
326 L244h
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