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Deed

Title: Deed
Identifier: ST_17

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"Manumission of Elizabeth and Harriet Ann Bell by George Wise." 1836. In Alexandria County Deed Book. W-2: 254. As found in "Slave Manumissions in Alexandria Land Records, 1790-1863," The Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery, https://www.freedmenscemetery.org/resources/documents/manumissions.shtml. (Accessed 6 May 2024)

"Maria: Deed of Manumission, 2 June 1845." 1845. Arlington County (Va.) Deeds of Emancipation, 1796-1853. Library of Virginia. Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative. https://rosetta.virginiamemory.com/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3427584 (accessed 5 September 2024).

Deed of Manumission of Enslaved of George Washington Parke Custis (Robert E. Lee, executor), written 29 December 1862, recorded 2 January 1863. Hustings Deeds 79-B, 1862-1863, pp. 42-43. Richmond, Virginia. As found in "Richmond, Virginia, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-Z4C7?view=explore : Oct 25, 2024), image 49 of 271; Virginia. City Court (Richmond).

Sale of Clara and Sarah Brooks from James M Stewart to Oliver P. Finley, 24 July 1805 (written 10 May 1833, recorded 3 June 1833). Alexandria County Deed Book U-2: pp. 174.

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