Marshall, John

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Petition to the General Assembly, showing that he early embarked in the American cause, was a volunteer in the attempt against the Fort, and fought under Col. [John Alexander] Lillington against the Tories; he has been troubled by his creditors, in spite of the fact that the legislative power stayed the execution of the law in this time of general distress and laid all mortgages under the same restriction; John Lyon has taken from him four negroes, and the petitioner is thus made unable to pay his debt in tar and turpentine, or by his sawmill, because of a lack of hands; he prays that his negroes may be restored.

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Thomas Addis Emmet collection

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Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public Library

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