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Items associated with name 'Pollitt, Frost (1789-1871)'
Thomas Pollitt Family Bible
by Unknown (1767)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
The Thomas Pollitt Family Bible, was published in 1767 and printed in London, England by Mark Baskett. The bible contains notations listing the births of Levin Morris (b. 1782) and the children of Titus, slaves owned by William Pollitt, ranging from 1783 to 1805. Two of the slaves became well-known Free Black men on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Rev. Frost Pollitt (1789-1871) and George Pollitt (1794-1850).
Identifier:
2013.016
Repository:
Local History Archives
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