Lot 162
Autograph Letter to 'Sell a Negro Wench and her two Male Children'. G. Phillips, ALS to Andrew Adams, Esq. Middletown, CT, October 22, 1787. One page, docketed on verso. Offering "an excellent Wench about 22 years of age….she is capable of any kind of domestic Labor, if it is for no fault that I wish to sell her. I can now take horses ?… in part payment." Boldly written with scattered iron gall (ink) corrosion but otherwise quite fine. Estimated Value $400 - UP
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