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emancipate my negro woman Lizzie, and her son George; the said Lizzie is known in St. Louis as the wife of James, who is called James Keckley; is of light complexion, about 37 years of age, by trade a dress-maker, and called by those who know her Garland's Lizzie. The said boy, George, is the only child of Lizzie, is about 16 years of age, and is almost white, and called by those who know him Garland's George.
"Witness my hand and seal, this 13th day of November, 1855.
"Anne P. Garland, [L.S.]
"Witness:—John Wickham,
"Willis L. Williams."
In St. Louis Circuit Court, October Term, 1855.
November 15, 1855.
"State of Missouri,
ss.
County of St. Louis. ss.
"Be it remembered, that on this fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-five in
