Alfred Mordecai: Letter of Instruction to Manumit of Eugenia Hemings Marks

In case of my death before my return from Europe, for which voyage I am about to depart, it is my wish that Eugenia a mulatto female slave whom I purchased from Miss Cornelia Randolph shall be manumitted, & I request that my representatives will, in such event, duly regard & execute this intention & wish—

Given at Washington Arsenal October 1st 1833.

A. Mordecai—

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