I David Wilson of Newcastle County on Delaware do hereby manumit and set absolutely free my negro Woman named Catharine aged about thirty years, so that henceforth she shall be deemed adjudged & taken as and for a free Woman and at Liberty to act for herself without the Lett Hindrance or Molestation of Me or any Person or Persons claiming or to claim by from or under Me forever. And further, I do hereby bind Myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators, & every of us in the penal Sum of one Hundred Pounds unto Negro Catharine afore-named, to be by her recovered from such of us as may attempt in anywise to deprive her of her Liberty as above granted to her & her Heirs forever. As also in the like Sum of one Hundred Pounds lawful Money of the government of the lower Counties on Delaware, to compel such of us as may so attempt, to do or perform another or further Act or Deed that she may reasonably require or need in Order to further confirm & establish her equitable Liberty as aforesaid In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed my Seal this second Day of ye fifth month in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred & Seventy Eight – 1778. David Wilson {seal}. Mary Wilson {seal}

Sealed & delivered ^ by David Wilson in the presence of Robert Holliday Samuel Starr & by Mary Wilson in presence of Thomas Lea

Mary Wilson as Party to the above Manumission being a Member of our Society, and her Husband not, made it necessary that her acknowledgment & concurrence thereto should be, before the Meetings approbation for the Recording thereof in the Society Records, she therefore voluntarily for that purpose signed her name as above in Presence of Thomas Lea the other 2 being Evidences to her Husbands prior Execution thereof.

Record Examined Warner Mifflin