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Plea from Peter Kiteredge to the selectmen of Medfield, 26 April 1806
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Plea from Peter Kiteredge to the selectmen of Medfield, 26 April 1806.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1806]
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Notes
Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Peter Kiteredge was a slave in the household of the Kittredge family, from Andover, Massachusetts. Many of the Kittredges were physicians, and Dr. Thomas Kittredge served as surgeon for Colonel Frye's Regiment. During the War, Peter Kittredge served in Captain William H. Ballard's company, Colonel James Frye's regiment.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Summary
Signed by Ebenezer Clark and Paul Hither as witnesses. Serves as the statement of Peter Kiteredge, a former slave. States that Kiteredge (sometimes Kittredge or Kittridge) moved between Rowley and Andover, Massachusetts with the Kittredge family, with whom, as was then the lot of my unfortunate race, I passed the best part of my life as a slave. Reports that he entered the military when he was twenty five (in 1775 or 6), serving for five years as a private. Following this service, he spent time as a sailor, and later as a laborer. States that he is inflicted with an illness whereby the labour of my hands is wholly cut off, and with it the only means of my support. Requests assistance from Medfield's Selectmen in supporting his wife and four children, claiming that none of the children are old enough to aid him in supporting the family. States that though he is not a Medfield resident, he seeks the Selectmen's care as a stranger within their borders. Kiteredge signs with an x.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
Genre/Form
Correspondence
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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