Samuel Wetmore ALS to Norwich (Conn.) Selectmen, June 8, 1812
African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 1, Folder 55a]
Middletown June 8 1812 Gentln. A Black woman by name Sally Clark, who says she belongs to Norwich has left an infant child now on expence to this town, this is to request you to make suitable enquires and if she belongs to you, you will be pleased to take it away, & pay the expence - your early attention will oblige your ob sev Samuel Wetmore one of the Selectmen of Middletown 95 49 2;4 1/2
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- Series
- African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 1, Folder 55a]
- Title
- Samuel Wetmore ALS to Norwich (Conn.) Selectmen, June 8, 1812
- Writer
- Wetmore, Samuel
- Type
- letter
- Recipient
- Norwich (Conn.). Selectmen
- Canvas
- Image 1
- Publication
- Middletown, [Connecticut]
- 1812 June 8
- Method and Signature Status
- autograph manuscript signed
- Notes
- Request for Norwich selectmen to pay for the expense of an infant of an African-American resident of theirs left "on expense" in Middletown; "A Black woman by name Sally Clark, who says she belongs to Norwich has left an infant child now on expense to this town, this is to request you to marke suitable inquiry and if she belongs to you, you be pleased to take it away, & pay the expense..."
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"Samuel Wetmore ALS to Norwich (Conn.) Selectmen, June 8, 1812." In the digital collection African American and African Diaspora Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865). https://name.umdl.umich.edu/africanamer.0001.55a. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2025.