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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783

Thomas Chadwick (-)

Danvers

Biography: Trader. Former owner of Timon.

Comments:

Timon vs. Peter Osgood (1777) Witness on Signed Document for Defendant

Sources

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• Dated June 4 1776 Bill of Sale of Tymon 32 years old from Thomas Chadwick to Peter Osgood Junior. "which said servant is now absent & the said Osgood is to take him wherever he can find him"
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.

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• Osgood's defense written by Pynchon dated October 3, 1777 saying that Timon is Osgood's "proper negro servant" but not making a plea of "not guilty."
  Citation: Timon vs Peter Osgood, Jr. (1777) Essex County Court of Common Pleas September 1777 Record.