PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN-AMERICANA
by Swann Auction Galleries
Platinum House 558 lots | 478 with images
March 21, 2013
Live Auction104 East 25th Street
New York, NY, 10010 USA
Phone: 212.254.4710
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Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing NotesExhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2308 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana - begins at 10:30am in New York on Thurs, March 21. All material in Sale 2308 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, March 16: Noon to 5pm - Mon, March 18: 10am to 6pm - Tues, March 19: 10am to 6pm - Wed, March 20: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
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Lot 1: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--COLONIAL DELAWARE.) Manuscript Slave Sale document, wherein "Mary Sulavan, widow and William Pettijohn, Yeoman"
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Description: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--COLONIAL DELAWARE.) Manuscript Slave Sale document, wherein "Mary Sulavan, widow and William Pettijohn, Yeoman" sells a "Certain Neagro [sic] boy named Prince" to John Spencer Esq. for the sum of seventy pounds. Single 4to leaf, written on one side; seals and signatures at the bottom of the page. Mary signs with a double "X" and John Pettijohn signs with a curious inverted "V", while Gabriel Powell, apparently the agent for Spencer signs with a "P". The only literate party seems to be the clerk, John Clowes. Some repair. Matted and framed. Sussex, Delaware, 8 June, 1763
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Lot 2: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--COLONIAL MARYLAND.) HICKMAN, ARTHUR. July 4th 1767. Manuscript deposition of Arthur Hickman concerning the gift
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Description: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--COLONIAL MARYLAND.) HICKMAN, ARTHUR. July 4th 1767. Manuscript deposition of Arthur Hickman concerning the gift of a slave girl named Peggy. Single sheet of paper, written on one side and docketed on the reverse; paper toned, short, closed tear at fold; edges slightly uneven. Frederick County, Maryland, 1767
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Lot 3: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--COLONIAL VIRGINIA.) LEE, RICHARD HENRY. Autograph Document Signed, a search warrant for five runaways.
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Description: FUTURE SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION ORDERS THE CAPTURE OF FIVE RUNAWAYS (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--COLONIAL VIRGINIA.) LEE, RICHARD HENRY. Autograph Document Signed, a search warrant for five runaways. Single 4to leaf, written on one side; some cracks where folded; paper unevenly toned. Signed by Lee with his seal as Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland County Virginia. 26 April 1769
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Lot 4: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [BACON, REVEREND THOMAS.] Two Sermons Preached to a Congregation of Black Slaves at the Parish Church of S.P i
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Description: A GREAT RARITY (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [BACON, REVEREND THOMAS.] Two Sermons Preached to a Congregation of Black Slaves at the Parish Church of S.P in the Province of Maryland. By an American Pastor. 71, [i] pages. 12mo, later marbled wrappers with printed label on the upper cover; paper toned; a couple of leaves closely cropped but with no loss of text. London: Rivington, 1782
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Lot 5: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) BOONE, SQUIRE. Autograph Document Signed, "Squire Boone," selling a male slave to Marsham Brashear for £200.
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Description: A "COUNTRY BORN" NEGRO (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) BOONE, SQUIRE. Autograph Document Signed, "Squire Boone," selling a male slave to Marsham Brashear for £200. 1 page, 4to. Toned at folds with some marginal wear, reinforced with paper on portions of verso. Lincoln County, 27 January 1783
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