Manumission receipt for Vister Campbell for his enlistment in the Union army
date: label: Date
content: 1864
name: label: Created by
content: Allen E. Forrester, American
label: Subject of
content: Vistar Campbell, American
label: Subject of
content: 30th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, American, 1864 - 1865
label: Subject of
content: Ann E. Thompson
notes: label: Description
content: A series of three joined documents relating to the manumission and enlistment of Vister Campbell and the subsequent repayment to enslaver Ann E. Thompson.
label: Description
content: The first document is joined at the bottom to the top of the second with brown adhesive. A third document is affixed to the bottom of the second document. Each document has a five (5) cent revenue stamp with the image of George Washington. A two (2) cent stamp is placed at the center join of the first and second documents.
label: Description
content: The first document is a preprinted letterpress form with the heading [OFFICE OF BOARD OF CLAIMS / FOR SLAVES ENLISTED IN U.S. SERVICE]. It has been completed by hand in black ink. The document confirms that [Mrs. Ann E. Thompson of St. Mary's County, State of Maryland, has filed with the Board for Enlisted Slaves, instituted under General Order No. 329, War Department, 1863 - a valid Deed of Manumission and Release of Service of Vister Campbell, a man of African descent, of St. Mary's County, Md., enlisted 27th day of February, 1864 in the 30th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, Co. C...]. It is dated November 18, 1865 in Baltimore, Maryland.
label: Description
content: The second document is a handwritten affidavit in black ink of the testimony of Ann E. Thompson and Jane E. Bokee that at the time of Campbell's enlistment he was [the sole property of Mrs. Ann E. Thompson of St. Mary's County, and not of Charles Thomas]. At the bottom is written [Sworn before / Allen E. Forrester]. This document is dated November 19, 1864.
label: Description
content: The third and final document is a preprinted letterpress form, completed in black ink, from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, certifying that the Allen E Forrester who heard the above affadavit was a commissioned Justice of the Peace at the time he heard the sworn testimony. This document is dated November 25, 1864.
label: Description
content: The verso of the documents contain an address to the Comptroller's Office of the Treasury Department and has various record keeping notations relating to the content.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Saint Mary's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.26.6
objectType: label: Type
content: free papers
label: Type
content: receipts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron gall ink on wove rag paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19 3/16 × 7 7/8 in. (48.8 × 20 cm)