Sale 343


 
Lot 3008



Married Slaves, 1841 folded letter from Natchez, Miss. to Henderson, Ky., well-written missive from a preacher who is just relocating to Mississippi from Kentucky and is in need of a carriage driver for his ailing wife, "…our own man Gabriel, the only competent one we own, is married & we cannot separate him from his wife…" [who is owned by another man in Kentucky]; the preacher is attempting, through the addressee, to buy Gabriel's wife for $700. Address leaf postmarked blue Natchez c.d.s. with manuscript "25" rate, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300

 
Realized $475



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