Byrne, John, fl. 1829 [Contract for the purchase of a slave named "Kitty"]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05679 Author/Creator: Byrne, John, fl. 1829 Place Written: Austin, Texas Type: Document signed Date: 3-4 November 1829 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.8 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy
John Byrne "hires" Kitty to James B. Bailey for $200 for a term of seventy years. To uphold his part of the contract, Bailey has "to furnish the said negro girl Kitty with good holesome provisions & comfortable clothing & also to treat her with Humanity." Signed by Byrne and Bailey on first page. Contract dated 3 November 1829. On verso, signed by [H. White], an Austin official, and by George Robinson and Thomas H. Borden, as witnesses, on 4 November.
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