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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey"
Birth record of Peter, William, and Lewis, sons of Sarah Higgins, reported by slaveholder Garret Voorhees
Middlesex County Clerk
1823-09-10
Slaveholder Garret Voorhees reports that Sarah Higgins, an enslaved women, gave birth to three sons between 1821 and 1823: Peter (01-21-1821), William (03-23-1822), and Lewis (07-14-1823).
Thirty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Tom]
Throckmorton, William
1799-12-10
Tom, a black man, ran away from slaveholder William Throckmorton in South Amboy on August 25, 1799. Tom is about 25 years old. His master offers a reward of 30 dollars for Tom's return and notes that Tom was seen on the road to Trenton, possibly on…
$1 Dollar Reward [runaway ad for apprentice James Halfpenny]
Van Dorn, Cornelius
1823-04-10
A 17-year-old apprentice named James Halfpenny ran away from his master Cornelius Van Dorn of South Amboy. His master offers a reward of $1 for James Halfpenny's capture.
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Account book, 1794-1809
Blauvelt, Abraham
1794/1809
Abraham Blauvelt used this account book to record the expenses of the Queen's College Building Committee from July 6, 1808, to March 30, 1810.…