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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Blank printed bill of sale for slaves from Jefferson's estate, for T.J. Randolph

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06996 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: [Charlottesville?] Type: Document Date: 182[6] Pagination: 1 sheet Height: 17.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Apparently an unused bill of sale for the disposal of Jefferson's slaves by Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jefferson's grandson and executor of his will. "Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas J. Randolph, Executor of Thomas Jefferson... have bargained and sold, and by these presents do bargain and sell to the said [blank] certain [blank] negro slave [blank], named [blank] late the property of Thomas Jefferson, deceased."

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, 1792-1875

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