Peter Spencer, bill of sale, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1760 April 26

Know all men by these Preſents that I Peter Spencer of Eaſt Haddam in ye. County of Hartford and Coloney of Connecticut in New England, for and in Conſideration of Sixty five Pounds Lawful Money paid to my full Satiſfaction by Eleazar Wheelock of Lebanon in the County of Wind -ham and Coloney afore sd Have given granted bargain -ed Sold and by the Preſents to give grant bargain sell convey and confirm to the sd Wheelock his Heirs and aſsigns fore Life My negro man Servant Named Briſ -ter aged about twenty one years, To have and to ho[gap: page torn] the same as a good in defeaſable Eſtate, to him & their own proper use and behoof and furthermore I do for my self my Heirs &c covenant to & with the sd Wheelock his Heirs &c that at & until the Signing & Seating of theſe Preſents, I am well seir’d of the Premiſes and have good Right to bargain & sell the same as in above Expreſsed & that he sd Briſter is of a Healthy & sound Conſtitution and is free from any Diſtemper or Diſorder of Body or mind that may prejudice his usefulneſs in the Capacity of a Slave in witneſs where of I have hereunto let my Hand and Seal this 26th Day of April AD 1760. Mſr Hobart Estabrook Jeruſha Estabrook Peter Spencer