Peter Spencer, bill of sale, to Eleazar Wheelock, 26 April 1760
Date26 April, 1760
abstractPeter Spencer to Eleazar Wheelock. Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Brister for sixty-five pounds. 26 Apr. 1760. East Haddam, Conn.
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call NumberMS-1310: Eleazar Wheelock collection, Box 4, 760276
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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 aforesd 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 his & 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 Seiz'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 in the Capacity of a Slave
in witneſs where of I have hereunto ſet my Hand and
Seal this 26th Day of April AD 1760.
Teſt} Hobart Estabrook
Jeruſha Estabrook Peter Spencer
of Briſter.
28.17.4