1806 WILL DOCUMENT CONCERNING SLAVES TO BE WILLED

Slavery and Abolition: Three (3) 19th century documents, concerning slaves sales in Tennessee plus abolitionist Rev. David Root of New Hampshire and Connecticut. 1st item: Williamson Co

[MASSACHUSETTS] an 1806 manuscript document concerning Eli Jones, one of the surveyors of Higways for the Town of Lincoln. Mentions road from Concord line at the new bridge; the public meeting house f

Philadelphia PA . Approx. 1" tears at the folds. Measures 7 3/4” x 9.5”.

New York Colonial Document, Last Will & Testament Scarce Manuscript 1p on vellum, measuring 10" x 12", New York, dated July 6, 1715. A beautiful calligraphic document concerning the last will and

A two page manuscript legal document regarding the sale of a group of "negroes" slaves dated 1813. The sale was in dispute and this document addresses the concerns. Legal document concerning a slavery

August, 22 1865. Former Confederate officer agrees to provide food and clothing for a former slave family following the Civil War. "Article of agreement between W.P. Stricklan and Cary, his wife, Hari

Three (3) West Tennessee Documents. 1st item: Mid-19th century copy of the Will of Job Rogers, Weakley County, TN. Rogers' will, penned in 1837, provides a detailed look at life on a pro

Seven pages inked manuscript documenting last will of Charles Graves, monies due from past complaints against Graves family members. Notes Elizabeth Graves left three slaves Richard, Millie, Dilly, be

Includes: 1)1786 Last Will & Testament, bequeathing slaves. Edges frayed, document was folded, general toning with age; 2) Six miscellaneous New England documents, referencing Negroes. Dates are gener

Single folded letter sheet, 7 ½ x 12 ½” with inked manuscript being a legal document ordering that two named slaves be sold at public auction to settle disputed will, Mason County,

Both dealing with the will of James Copper and listing each named slave as follows: Peter, Milly, Martin, Edwin, Jonathan, Cyrus, Elizabeth, Isabel, Henry, and Lewis. Docketed on reverse with dates of

Mason Co. court document detailing the 1835 will of James Cooper of Mason Co. on unlined folded legal letter sheet with 2 ¼” pages of inked manuscript text, docketed on back dealing with

Mason Co. court document detailing the 1828 will of Elizabeth Graves, mother of Joseph of Mason Co. on unlined folded legal letter sheet with 2 ¼” pages of inked manuscript text, docketed

Forty-eight page inked manuscript legal document dealing with the will of Charles Graves of Frederick Virginia, who died in 1823 signed by Daniel Lee, Clerk of Courts and Judge Henry L. George Becker,

Inked manuscript two page document on single folded letter sheet, 7 ½ x 12 ½”, detailing the will of James Copper and listing each named slave and their cash value as follows: Pete

Last will and testament of Thomas Bates, dated 1844 in Madison County, Kentucky. The document is signed by Levi Todd, believed by the consignor to be a relative of Mary Todd Lincoln (we could not esta

Autograph document signed by Daniel Rucker (1780-1833). Bourbon County, Kentucky, 27 September 1832. 3 pages. Undersigned by witnesses. To verso, autograph addendum by Clerk of Courts Thomas P. Smith.

Two-page last will and testament written by Sarah Forrest of Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1842. We have not previously handled a document regarding slavery in which the sole owner is a woman, making th

LOT (2) INCLUDING 1749/50 INDENTURED SERVANT DOCUMENT (MARY BIRDWELL AGE 16) TO JAMES WRIGHT, COLONY OF CONN; LAST WILL & TESTAMENT, GOSHEN, COLONY OF NY, 1740, RIGHT TO SELL NEGRO SLAVE "FREELAND"

Bound eight-page last will and testament of Hugh Hays, dated July 30th, 1865, that leaves over 20 named slaves to various heirs months after Congress passed the 13th Amendment. Hays, a native of Linco

[Gabriel Glann]. Legal document concerning the trial of a loyalist spy, The State v Gabriel Glann. One page, 8.25" x 13", Bridgeton, Cumberland

WEST INDIES An interesting collection of documents concerning West Indian affairs from approximately 1687-1830. Consists of An indenture for plantations on Antigua. On 11 sheets of vellum, with 25 sig

Rare autograph DS in German, signed "Gregor Mendel," one page, 8.25 x 13.5, September 1, 1876. Untranslated document concerning a financial transaction, issued from St. Thomas's Abbey in Brno. An

Manuscript DS in French, signed "Payez, Marie Antoinette," one page, 9.5 x 14.5, July 1, 1786. A document concerning payment for one of her “apartment floor shiners,” in part (translated):