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Receipt for blankets given to soldiers Prince Simbo and Sampson Freeman

April 21, 1778

Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

One page, quatro receipt, written on both sides in black ink.

Catalog date
April 21, 1778
Recorded places
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Free communities of color; Freedom; Military; Slavery; U.S. History, Revolution, 1775-1783

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Catalog reference: 2009.14.7

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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