[Receipt roll of clothing issued to African American…
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Soldiers on list: George H. Clark, William H. Niles, John White, Charles Washington, James Martin, George Butler, Charles S. Way, Alexander Gaines, Luther F. Willard, David H. Vanallen, John L. Williams, Samuel D. Jackson, John I. Clough, Valorous W. Williams, Jacob Talbut, Samuel A. Ashfort, Thomas A. Brown, Charles N. Demus, Samuel C. Till, Benjamin A. Till, Horace W. Murray, Henry Long, John Lee, Warren F. Freeman, Theophilus D. Freeman, William H. Freeman, Amos B. Greene, James W. Greene, Alfred Bright [crossed out], Jeremiah Nokes, George Jarvis, John C. Harris, Ira Waterman, William Washington, Richard S. Winslow, Benjamin F. Lee, Henry F. Winslow [crossed out], William D. Delaney [crossed out], Johnson L. Terry, Edward Horse, Jerome B. Cross, James Walker, Peter S. Cooper, Oliver E. Hazzard, Henry Swan, George W. Green, Samuel Jones, Moses Foster, Paul Hamilton, Elmer H. Jackson, Charles Swan, Charles Jackson, Thomas Taylor, Freeman Thompson, Lorenzo S. Duncan, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton 2nd, Henry Wilson, Joseph S. Wilson, Henry Hamilton, and James Davenport. Note the use of the letter "X" for signatures, which might indicate a man who escaped enslavement at a time when teaching enslaved people to write and read was often illegal. On this page, 29 men signed for the clothing with their names and 28 used an X. (Source: T. Liljenquist, 2024)
1 item ; sheet 59 x 46 cm
