(CIVIL WAR) HUNTER DAVID Document Signed D Hunter manumittin

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FREEING SLAVES (CIVIL WAR.) HUNTER, DAVID. Document Signed, "D. Hunter," manumitting London Henry and his family. 1 page, 4to, ruled paper; horizontal folds, few short closed tears at folds. Port Royal, 22 August 1862

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"Agreeably to the laws of the United States of America, the bearer, London Henry, once claimed as a Slave, is declared forever free. Wives, Mothers, and Children, of all those declared free, are also forever free."
Hunter (1802-1886) served in the Mexican War, rose to major-general during the Civil War, and became president of the military commission which tried Lincoln's assassins.