Bill of sale for a 23-year-old woman named Rachel to Robert Watson
date: label: Date
content: April 2, 1836
name: label: Written by
content: A. Calhoun, American
label: Subject of
content: Robert Watson
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A handwritten bill of sale for a 23-year-old woman named Rachel to Robert Watson from A. Calhoun for the sum of $625, dated April 2,1836. The bill is written in brown ink on a half sheet of off-white paper. At top left is [Georgia / Muscogee County]. The document reads in part: [Received of Robert Watson Six hundred / & Twenty Five Dollars for a Negro Woman / Rachel aged Twenty Three Years which / I warrant to be sound in mind & body and I do / hereby warrant & defend the right &title to said / Robert Watson and his heir [sic] and assigns forever]. It is signed at bottom right with handwritten seal by [A. Calhoun] and witnessed at bottom left by [E.L. Wittich]. On the verso is written [Calhoun / Bill of Sale For Rachel].
place: label: Place made
content: Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Fancy Girl trade
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.158.22
objectType: label: Type
content: bills of sale
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 11/16 x 8 3/16 in. (11.9 x 20.8 cm)