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Lot 40
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$150 -
300
Price Realized
$156
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Receipt for hire of enslaved persons, 14 June 1841.
1p, 6 1/4 x 2 in. (heavily toned at center, creasing at folds).
"Rec'd of Jacob Lynch the further sum of seventeen dollars and seventy five cents in full of my part of the hire of above named slaves for the year 1840 after deducting my portion of two overcoats furnished said negroes...." Signed by [?] Montgomery. The names of the enslaved individuals referenced are not present.