ADS. Alexandria, [VA], 12 January 1792.

2 1/2 pages, on bifolium, 7 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. Undersigned by several parties including executors, the person to whom an enslaved person is being sold, and a witness.

This document deals with the estate of "Minian Anderson" of Alexandria, VA, who owned 2 enslaved persons for specific terms of service: a woman named Mary for the term of 10 years, and a young man named Sampson until he turns 28 years old. After those terms, the persons were to be "liberated from all further service."

To resolve the estate, those persons are being sold to William Bird (undersigned) for the amount of 43 pounds and 5 shillings, with the following terms: Mary, for 9 years, along with any children she may have until they are 28 years of age or until any state law entitles them to freedom, and Sampson until he is 28 years of age.

Further information about the above mentioned Mary and Sampson were found by searching the records of manumissions of enslaved persons in the Alexandria Land Records dated 1790-1863. An 1821-dated manumission document dealing with the same estate shows that Sampson is Mary's son, and that Mary had one other child named Clara.