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Faden, The Province of New Jersey, 1777, with the register’s placesLibrary of Congress; annotations by Randy JonesRead about it →“Book of Negroes,” title page, 1783The National Archives (UK), PRO 30/55/100; Nova Scotia ArchivesRead about it →See the whole document →The Sparrow entry, frigate London, 1783The National Archives (UK), PRO 30/55/100; Nova Scotia ArchivesRead about it →See the whole document →Robert Lawrence on the winter of 1776 to 1777, PrincetonLawrence, A Brief Narrative (ed. Collins, 1906), p. 24Read about it →William Booth, A Black Wood Cutter at Shelburne, 1788Library and Archives Canada, C-040162Read about it →After Orders, Yorktown, October 25, 1781Library of Congress, Varick Transcripts, Letterbook 6Read about it →See the whole document →Madison’s motion, September 10, 1782National Archives, Papers of the Continental Congress, Item 36Read about it →See the whole document →Roll call on Madison’s motion, September 10, 1782National Archives, Papers of the Continental Congress, Item 36Read about it →See the whole document →Treaty of Paris, Article VII, 1783National Archives, RG 11, Treaty Series 104Read about it →See the whole document →Treaty of Paris, signatures and sealsNational Archives, RG 11, Treaty Series 104Read about it →See the whole document →Benjamin West, American Commissioners, begun 1783Winterthur Museum (1957.0856)Read about it →Hugh Walker to the governor of Virginia, May 23, 1783Library of Virginia, GLR04619Read about it →See the whole document →Rockingham todayPhotograph, Randy Jones, 2026Read about it →Matthias Ogden to Washington, October 30, 1783Library of Congress, George Washington PapersRead about it →See the whole document →Eastern Precinct tax list, July 1784New Jersey State Archives, Book 1714, p. 5Read about it →See the whole document →Peale, George Washington after the Battle of Princeton (detail)Princeton University Art Museum (PP218)Read about it →Samuel Berrien’s advertisement, Trenton Federalist, 1805New Jersey Slavery Records, RutgersRead about it →Patrick Henry Reason, “Am I Not a Woman and a Sister,” 1835Library Company of PhiladelphiaRead about it →Deed of manumission for John Skillman (Jack), 1830Somerset County Register of Blacks; Princeton & Slavery ProjectRead about it →John Macpherson Berrien, by John Maier, 1870U.S. Department of JusticeRead about it →