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Slave Birth Record for Elizabeth [Hathorn] 1813

from the Collection of the New-York Historical Society
Item ID: nyhs_sc_b-05_f-19_029

Transcription:
This certifies that I John Hathorn of the Town of Warwick in the County of Orange and the State of New York farmer is owner of a Mulatto Woman Slave Named Serene and that on the fourth day of December last past was delivered of a Female child named Elizabeth -- given under my hand this Tenth day of March in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and fourteen. John Hathorn

(To) Mr. John M. Foght Town Clerk of the Town of Warwick aforesaid/To be recorded).

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