(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) FORBES SAMUEL Ironmaster Colonial ma

Sale 2171 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 780

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) FORBES, SAMUEL, Ironmaster. Colonial manuscript and printed documents. Four promissory notes signed by African-Americans to Samuel Forbes, one partially printed, all average 4x6 inches; paper evenly toned. should be seen. Canaan, 1785-1793

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Samuel Forbes (1729-1827), was considered to be one of early America''s finest "ironmasters." He was partners with Ethan Allen before the Revolution, and ran a highly successful forge in Canaan, Connecticut. The notes from "Negro Jack," "Negro Newport," and "Negro Thom Vanduzen," are signed with an "X"; "Caesar Addison," signed his own name. The sums are not inconsiderable; one being for nine pounds, eighteen shillings and two-pence. These notes may represent advances in pay for labor at the iron foundry.