Bill of sale for a 42-year-old man named Isaac to John Rouzee
date: label: Date
content: October 24, 1810
name: label: Owned by
content: Rouzee Family, American
notes: label: Caption
content: This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
label: Description
content: A bill of sale for a 42-year-old "negro man named Isaac." Isaac was sold by William A. Lane to John Rouzee. The signature of Lane appears in the bottom right corner next to the word "seal," which is circled in ink. The signature of a witness, Daniel Branin, appears in the lower left corner. On the reverse is written, "Bill of Sale for negro Isack." The document is handwritten in black ink.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Men
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Rouzee Family Papers
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 of Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.104.1
objectType: label: Type
content: financial records
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: L x W: 7 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (19.1 x 18.7 cm)