two mid 18th century Essex County financial documents to include: April 4, 1745 bill of sale from Eleazer Moses to James Jeffrey, Salem shopkeeper, in the amount "one hundred & twenty pound old tenor to me in hand" for "negro man Servant known by the name of Peter" acquired in Suriname and expected to serve "during his natural life", signed by two witnesses, 10-1/2 x 8 in.; March 23, 1747 deed of sale for land located in Salem, transaction between Robert Prince, Mary Prince, and John Dale, folio 12-1/4 x 7-3/4 in.
Provenance: Private Collection
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folds, discoloration, stains, edge splits and losses, reinforcements, attachments (1745), reinforced binding (1747)
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