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These are documents which were misplaced, overlooked, or found in private hands when the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834. Among the most interesting are the official report of the Annapolis Convention of September 1786, the event leading to Constitutional Convention; and the full text of "Bankson's Journal," an account containing the credentials of delegates to the convention found nowhere else, as well as various reports, resolutions, and legal acts. Continue…

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  March 26, 1779

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  At the time the Continental frigate Delaware was taken by the enemy, there was on board of her a negro man named Tom the property of Mr William Hall of Port Penn in the State of Delaware. We are desirous of having the Negro restored to his owner, and request you will propose to the Commissary of Prisoners on the part of the enemy that he be exchanged for a negro man now at this place the property of Captain Hawker taken with the crew of the British frigate Mermaid.

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• hlg1776 said: March 26, 1779 communication relating to the exchange of Negro prisoners of war between American and British forces. One of the Negroes, Tom, was the slave of William Hall of Port Penn, Delaware. The other Negro, unnamed, was the slave of Captain Hawker. Tom was captured from the American frigate Delaware, and the other Negro, from the British frigate, Mermaid.

• thedewar said: If you go to trouble of indexing the document, why not add a page reference?

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