Thomas Adams - 1820 manumission record from Elias Lasell

Judge David Buel (?) Jr. / Joseph Selden, clerk
Date: Apr. 26, 1820
Author: Judge David Buel (?) Jr. / Joseph Selden, clerk
Publisher / Location: | Rensselaer County, Troy, New York
Medium: ink on paper
Recipient: Thomas Adams
Purpose: This is a legal document citizens carried and saved to prove that they were legally emancipated.
Inscription:

N.B. - This document contains harmful language.

Credit: Albany Institute of History & Art Library
Digital Data Number: DI 1305
Catalogue Number: ms 2368 no 20a