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Certificate of Cuffee Wells’s purchase of freedom

Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800)1781-05-01

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
New York, NY, United States

Statement in which Richard Lamb and John Nutter verify that Cuffee Wells enlisted in the Continental Army in May 1777 and earned a bounty of 30 pounds which he used to purchase his freedom from his master. Cuffee Wells served as a private in the 4th Connecticut Regiment and worked as a surgical assisstant to Dr. Philip Turner, surgeon general of the hospital of the Northern Division of the Army.

Details

  • Title: Certificate of Cuffee Wells’s purchase of freedom
  • Creator: Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800)
  • Date: 1781-05-01
  • Location: Norwich, Connecticut
  • GLC Number: GLC00318p1

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