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Winn, John, 1789-? [Reciept for the sale of a slave]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.45 Author/Creator: Winn, John, 1789-? Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 21 August 1807 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Receipt for the sale of "one negro boy named Jack" from John B. Winn to Thomas Winn for two hundred and fifty dollars. Signed by Thomas Winn Jr. and Joseph Carter as witnesses.

Winn, John Bowles, 1789-?
Winn, Thomas Jr., fl. 1807
Carter, Joseph, fl. 1807
[Winn, Thomas], Jack, fl. 1807

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