To all People before whom these presents may come Greeting Know ye that I Robert Jamison of Duck Creek hundred & Kent County in Delaware State having purchased a Negro man of John Severson named George Hull for a  Term of time & having Received Satisfaction for the purchase Money of said George Hull & considering that Justice is Due to Every man; Therefore I do by these presents Emancipate & Set free the said George Hull from any and Every claim from me my heirs Exetrs. Admrs. and Every of them; In Testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal this twenty ninth day of Decemr. one thousand Eight hundred 1800. Robt. Jamison {seal}

witness present Edward Joy, George Walker

Kent County 1800 Decemr. 29th Came Doctr Robert Jamison before me one of the Justices of the peace in and for such County and acknowledged, the within Instrument to be his act and deed, and the within named George Hull to be Liberated and Free. John Cole

A True copy Examined and compared with the original this 1st day of September 1803 Attest John Caton Recorder

Delaware, U.S., Land Records, 1677-1947, Kent County, Roll: 788, Image 597, Book H, Vol 2, Page 80. Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61025/images/31303_221875-00596?pId=2439682

Transcribed 25 Aug 2024 by Nancy Maliwesky