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Bill of sale for Leah and her daughters Sarah and Mariah to Robert Watson
January 8, 1827
Georgia, United States, North and Central America
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A handwritten bill of sale for a woman named Leah and her two daughters, Sarah and Mariah, for the amount of $750 to Robert Watson. The document is handwritten in brown ink on a square sheet of off-white paper. At top left it is dated [1822 Jany. 8th]. It reads in part: [Rcd. of Robert Watson seven / hundred & fifty dollars, in full payment / for a negro woman (Leah) and her / two children Sarah& Mariah; which / negroes I warrant sound in body and / mind: I also warrant & defend the / rights & title to said negroes, unto / him, the sd. [said] Watson, his heirs and / assigns forever]. It is signed [Joseph Pearson] at bottom right with handdrawn seal and witnessed by [John Bailey] at bottom left. There are no markings or inscriptions on the verso.
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Catalog reference: 2012.158.25
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