Hezekiah Huntington, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 30 December 1749
Date30 December, 1749
abstractHez. Huntington to Eleazar Wheelock. Report of investigation of enslaved woman who had allegedly libelled Samuel Smalley. 30 Dec. 1749. Norwich.
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call NumberMS-1310: Eleazar Wheelock collection, Box 3, Folder 749680
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That When I waſ Carreyd to Capt Jabez Deanſ Negro Wench aſ
mentioned in his Teſtimony: at firſt by her actions I ſuppoſed her
to be in Travil : then at Capt Deanſ & his wife Deſire I Examined
the wench who waſ the father of her Child She told me it was
Sama Smalley ye. ſeconds: then upon Sarch I found her not to be
With Child or Ever had been aſ I Could perceive, So I informed
Capt Dean& hiſ wife. and then ever Was Called to ſd wench
on any acct nither before nor ſince the time above mentioned &
further yt when I was with ye wench Some time ſhe Said She was with Child and again.
that ſhe was not —
perſonaly appeared Mrs Elizabeth waterman the above Deponant
and made Solomn oath to the Truth of the above written
Depoſition; Capt Daniel Smalley having been Notified to be
preſent: by a Copy of a Citation Left at his Dwelling houſe in
Lebanon: on the 27th Inſtant; but not Preſent —
Taken Before Hez:Huntington Aſsist