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Account of a remarkable Change of Colour 
ina NEGRO. By Miers FisHer.—Ex- 
tract of a Letter from Mr. James Pem- 
berton to Mr. Thomas Wilkinson. 
Communicated by Dr. Home, 
READ DECEMBER 15TH, 1797« 
Puirapetruia, September, 13th, 1796. 
hss day Henry Moss, of African descent, vi- 
sited me ; and produced a certificate, of which the 
following is a copy; 
«¢ I do hereby certify, that I have been well ac- 
quainted with Henry Moss, who is the bearer 
hereof, upwards of thirty years, during the whole of 
which time he supported an honest character. In 
the late war he enlisted with me in the continental 
army as a soldier, and behaved well as such. From 
the first of my acquaintance with him, till within 
two or three years past, he was of as dark a com- 
plexion as any African, which has changed without 
any known cause to what it is at present. He was 
free-born, and served his time with Major Brent, 
late of Charlotte county. 
** Given under my hand the 2d day of Sep- 
tember, 1794, 7 i | 
i Joseru Hott, Bedford County. 
