Item 12956[Manuscript Document Confirming Montgomery County Resident Robert Lyles Not "Trafficking in Slaves," Just Simply a Slave Owner Himself].
Frederick, MD: October 2, 1818. [1]p., docketed on verso. Roughly torn along bottom edge, minor foxing and spotting. Good condition. An uncommon document in Maryland slave history, in which George Baer, the future mayor of Frederick, and a few other men attest that another local citizen named Robert Lyles is.....