Dated Raleigh, NC, January 8, 1846. Three page manuscript legal document in ink, 16” x 10.5. Exhibits minor breaks at cross fold-marks. Else VG and entirely legible.

The manuscript details the settlement of a debt of $2000 debt. To wit: one James Litchford offers “one lot of ground in Raleigh…Bounded on the east by Harrington Street…Also Negro slaves: Mary, about 25 years old, & her three children Louisa 8, Maryann 6, & Emily 4, Amy about 45, and Jim , a cook, about 65 years old. Also all my household & kitchen furniture…” This “Property will be sold at public auction for Ready money…”

Solid Ante-bellum slavery-era legal document. In protective sleeve.  [jp] [ph:L]

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