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Aberdeen; Foreign: Documents concerning the arrival of John Eden, a free negro from...
Catalogue reference: HO 45/447
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Aberdeen; Foreign: Documents concerning the arrival of John Eden, a free negro from Rio de Janeiro, to the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. Letter included from the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty requesting his relocation to England, under Eden's own request.
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