A promissory for the acquisition of an enslaved boy named Henry

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A promissory for the acquisition of an enslaved boy named Henry

• January 1, 1857 (Production)

Text reads: "On or before the first of Jany (January) eighteen hundred and firfty eight, we promise and bind our selves heirs to pay or cause to be paid unto A.B. Vonneison(sic) or asignes the just and full sum of one hundred and twenty dollars good money of Virginia for the hifre of a Negrow boy Henry. The Negrow is to be released on the 25 of Dec next and to have the usual clothing hat and blanket. The said Negrow is not to carry(?) rafts, nor sail vessels nor steamboats nor work in a saw mill. Witness our hands and seals this the 1 of Jany 1857. Jacob Vaiden (seal), I.C. Vaiden (seal)." - Glen Books