Lot 2372
Confederacy, Slave Bill of Hire of "Negro Boy Jim", 1855, legal document formalizing the hiring of negro slave from Mrs. Mary A. Bucktrout for a quarterly payment of seventy dollars and "to furnish said Negro with good and sufficient Summer and Winter clothing…and a good blanket"; note manuscript addition at bottom stating "This is how my grandmother hired out her slaves"; some damage from folding does not detract, Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $200