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tion. And this deponent further saith, that the said Solomon Northup, son of said Mintus, and husband of said Anne Hampton, when he left his State, was at the time thereof a free citizen of the State of New-York. And this deponent further saith, that said Anne Hampton, wife of Solomon Northup, is a respectable woman, of good character, and I would believe her statements, and do believe the facts set forth in her memorial to his excellency, the Governor, in relation to her said husband, are true. 
(Signed,)
ORVILLE CLARK.
Sworn before me, November
19th, 1852. 
U. G. Paris, Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF NEW-YORK:
Washington County, ss.
Benjamin Ferris, of the village of Sandy Hill, in said county. being duly sworn, doth depose and say - that he is now fifty-seven years old, and has resided in said village for forty-five years; that he was well acquainted with Mintus Northup, from the year 1816 to the time of his death, which occurred at Fort Edward, in the fall of 1829; that he knew the children of the said Mintus, namely, Joseph Northup and Solomon Northup, and that the said Solomon is the same person named in said memorial; that said Mintus resided in the said county of Washington to the time of his death, and was, during all that time, a free citizen of the State of New-York, as deponent verily believes; that said memorialist, Anne Northup, is a woman of good character, and the statement contained in her memorial is entitled to credit. 
(Signed)
BENJAMIN FERRIS
Sworn before me, November
19th, 1852.
U. G. Paris, Justice of the Peace.