(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--LOUISIANA.) ESTATE OF BAKER WOODRUFF. Sale of the slave Ned to Dr. James Gridley Belden. Partially printed document, accomplished by hand; large bi-folium leaf, folded to form four tall folio pages, written on three sides; docketed on a forth; creases where folded, some early archival repairs; paper tone with some light wear to the edges [two pieces]. New Orleans, 1858
the sale of the slave ned to satisfy a portion of a will The estate of Baker Woodruff was complicated by the fact that Woodruff, dictating his last will and testament, while in extremis, 'swooned.' This caused the will to be challenged in some respects. Witnesses to the deathbed will were called.
