Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--MOUNT VERNON.) FORD, WEST. Slave hire for the year 1852, signed by West Ford for Mount Vernon; Also signed by John A. Washington, but crossed out. 9 lines on a single 8vo leaf of blue paper, signed by Ford; docketed and signed by Samuel Collard on the reverse. Mt. Vernon, January 1, 1852

Additional Details

An agreement to hire a slave named Tom Henson for the period of the year 1852 for $75.00, stipulating that he be provided with good healthy food and clothing.