A Book to Record the age of Children that are Born of Slaves in for the Year 1806, For the Town of Farmington

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A manuscript booklet with sewn binding consisting of eight (8) sheets of paper folded to form sixteen (16) pages. The cover page bears the title: [A Book to / Record the age of Children / that are Born of Slaves in / for the Year 1806 / For the Town of / Farmington -]. An additional six (6) pages contain writing in black ink; the remaining pages are blank. The contents of the booklet record births from 1805 to 1818 written by three successive town clerks, Peter McLouth, Joshua Vanfleet, and Peter Mitchell, of Farmington, New York. Entries include the date of the birth, the name of the child, the name of the slaveholder, and the name of the town clerk recording the entry. Some entries also include gender. An entry on the first page reads [Willis was Born the 9th of August / 1806 owned by Sarah Shekell / Peter McLouth } Town Clerk].

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