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Collection Reference Number GLC09028.10
From Archive Folder Collection of documents relating to U.S. Marshal, Watson Freeman 
Title Pay receipt for John Freeman
Date 1 February 1809
Author Baker, Obadiah (fl. 1809)  
Document Type Business and financial document
Content Description Baker signs as receiving payment from Freeman for milk and other items.
Subjects Money  Merchants and Trade  
People Baker, Obadiah (fl. 1809)  Freeman, John (fl. 1803-1809)  
Place written Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Theme Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information John Freeman was likely a relative of Watson Freeman, the U.S. Marshal of Massachusetts charged with enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859