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Receipt from Crumell Barns [Cromwell Barnes] to Hartford Roberts, 28 September 1791

Receipt from Crumell Barns [Cromwell Barnes] to Hartford Roberts, 28 September 1791
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Crumell Barns's receipt to Hartford Roberts for rent, dated at Boston, 28 September 1791.  Crumell Barnes [alternatively, Cromwell Barnes] was a Black landowner, barber, and wigmaker in Boston.  Hartford Roberts was admitted to the almshouse on 15 May 1790 and sent to the workhouse from there.