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Collection Reference Number GLC09028.22
From Archive Folder Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman 
Title Receipt of payment
Date 20 July 1837
Author Whitford, Thomas (fl. 1837)  
Additional authors Freeman, Charles H. (fl. 1837)
Recipient Freeman, Benjamin  
Document Type Business and financial document
Content Description Whitford promises to pay Benjamin Freeman $372.51 with interest. Signed as a witness by [Charles H.] Freeman.
Subjects Law  Contract  Money  
People Whitford, Thomas (fl. 1837)  Freeman, Charles H. (fl. 1837)  
Place written Sandwich, Massachusetts
Theme Banking & Economics; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Watson Freeman was the U.S. Marshal of Massachusetts charged with enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859