[1060] Ewell, _The Story of Byfield_, p. 88. [1061] Perry, _Historical Collections relating to the American Episcopal Church_, ii, p. 231. [1062] _Journal of the American Irish Historical Society_, iii, p. 57. [1063] Johnston, _Slavery in Rhode Island_, in _Rhode Island Historical Society Publications_, 1894, ii, p. 120. [1064] Hurd, _op. cit._, i, p. 272; Steiner, _op. cit._, p. 16, in _Johns Hopkins University Studies_, xvi. [1065] Cobb, _An Historical Sketch of Slavery from the Earliest Periods_, p. clii. [1066] Coffin, _History of Newbury_, p. 336, cites instances in Newbury in 1687 and 1702. Orcutt, _The History of the old Town of Derby, Connecticut_, p. lvii, mentions a deed of manumission in Connecticut in 1688, given to Tobie, an Indian captive of King Philip’s War. Smith, _History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania_, p. 219, refers to the conditional manumission of an Indian slave, three years old, born in the family. Cotton Mather, also, promised to free an Indian slave at the close of four years of service. _Diary_, in _Massachusetts Historical Society Collections_, series 7, vii, p. 203. [1067] A Virginia act of 1782 provided for the freeing of a slave by an instrument in writing submitted by the owner. A copy of this instrument attested by the clerk of the county court was to be given to the manumitted slave. Any master neglecting to give such a copy to the slave in question was liable to a fine of £10. Hening, _op. cit._, xi, p. 39. Maryland by an act of 1752 declared that owners under ordinary circumstances had the right to free slaves. Two witnesses were required for the act, which must be in writing. Bacon, _Laws of Maryland_. These acts were intended primarily to apply to negro slaves. [1068] _Indian Book_, 1710–1718, Columbia, South Carolina, Historical Commission Department, i, p. 19. [1069] _Plymouth Colony Records_, iv, p. 173. By the terms of the order, the value of the land was to be expended for defraying the charges of printing the book “New England’s Memorial.” [1070] Baker, _History of Montville, Connecticut_, p. 77. This woman was given by the colonial government to Captain James Avery who sold her to Mr. Charles Hill who in turn traded her to Uncas. [1071] Mayhew, _Indian Converts_, p. 120. [1072] Orcutt, _The History of the old Town of Derby, Connecticut_, p. vii. [1073] _The Statutes at Large of South Carolina_, vii, p. 352. [1074] _Ibid._, vii, p. 371. [1075] _Ibid._, vii, p. 385. [1076] _Ibid._, vii, pp. 397–398. [1077] Hening, _op. cit._, iv, p. 132. [1078] Martin, _The Public Acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina_, i, p. 66; Dillon, _Oddities in Colonial Legislation_, p. 233. [1079] Hening, _op. cit._, ii, p. 155. [1080] Baylies, _op. cit._, ii, pt. iv, p. 4; Freeman, _The History of Cape Cod_, ii, p. 72. [1081] _Massachusetts Manuscript Records_, vol. xxx. [1082] _Plymouth Colony Records_, vi, p. 15. [1083] _Ibid._, vi, p. 15. [1084] _Acts and Resolves_, ix, p. 376.