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Sale 493: Rare Manuscripts & Archives (#493) 11/15/2012 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #144Alabama slave bill of sale

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Sale 493: Rare Manuscripts & Archives (#493) 11/15/2012 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Description

Heading:

(Slavery)

Title:

Alabama slave bill of sale

Author:

Bush, Marshall

Place Published:

Mobile, Alabama

Date Published:

August 5, 1844

Description:

1 pp. autograph document signed by Marshall Bush and witness Solomon J. Jones. 12½x8.

A document recording the sale of "A Certain Negro Boy Named -Nathan, aged about forty years & Black Complexion." A Harriet L. Burgess purchased the slave from Marshall Bush for $235.

Condition:

Foxed, light edge wear; very good.

Item#:

231248

Headline:

Alabama slave bill of sale
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