Land indenture for Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church issued to Richard Allen
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Land indenture for Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church issued to Richard Allen

John Douglass, American · 1810

ink and wax on paper
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

This deed for land issued to buyers is a yellowed paper document with visible creasing. There is inverted scalloping along the top edge, and begins [This Indenture] in large script at the top. The document is issued to Richard Allen, Jonathan Trusty, Robert Green, James Champion, Prince Pruence, Stephen Laws, Jonathan Hut, Richard Howell, and Peter Luck trustees of the African Methodist Episcopal Church called Bethel Church by Mathew and Hannah Waring, as witnessed by John Douglass and Blath Shobel.

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