Holograph Testimonial by Morgan refusing to pay for his Indian Indentured Servant Peter Mason's debt to Whaling Captain James Claghorn, 1742

by MORGAN, William

$3,000 · Offered by Between the Covers

Unbound. Small handwritten document Signed by William Morgan and witnessed by Elsa Woodward[?] dated in 1742 and measuring 7½" x 2¾". Small stain in margin affecting a few letters, else near fine: "These may inform all whom it may concern that Peter Mason an Indian man was my servent by..... More

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