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1732 Slave Bill of Lading - Boston

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
1732 Slave Bill of Lading - Boston
<Our item number 104047><B>1732 Slave Bill of Lading - Boston.</B> A partly-printed bill of lading for the ship &#34;Merrimack,&#34; bound for Salem from Barbados, 7 Aug. 1732, listing &#34;goods&#34; shipped to Boston by John Batt and Edward Oxnard as &#34;<I>Seven Negro Boys & One Negro Girl</I>.&#34; Freight is to be &#34;<I>three pounds five shillings Boston Currancy per head for Every Negroe delivered alive on shoar at Boston….Mortallity Excepted</I>….&#34; The document is signed by Edmund Gale, master of the ship. 5¼x9¼&#34;, matted to 6½x11&#34;; old folds and edge tears and some expert paper corner replacement, not affecting text. A handsome sailing ship vignette is at upper left. A rare and early slave record. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,000-1,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 104047<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN=CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/38jpegs/104047.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> "