Autograph receipt, bill of sale for a slave, signed “Harrold Smith,” also with the “scrawl which I use and recognise as my seal,” witnessed “John Rourk”

by Texas

$600 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

1 page. 1 vols. 4to. Bill of Sale to Samuel N. Rourk. Folds, tape repair on verso, some small holes generally not affecting legibility, rectangular blind stamp of Kendall & Sons Leominster in upper left corner, else in very good condition. Item #24248 Document acknowledging receipt of seven hundred dollars from Samuel N. Rourk in exchange for “a certain negro man, George, slave for life” confirming that George is “sound in

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