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Affidavit confirming that John Brown has been manumitted by Isaac Bett, 1829 January 16: autograph manuscript signed, 1829 January 16
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(John C. Howard appeared in front of a justice of the peace in Frederick County, Maryland, to confirm that John Brown was "manumitted and set free" by Isaac Bett "by deed bearing date the 15th of January 1829" )