Receipt issued to Colonel John Neilson recording the sale of an enslaved Black man who was taken from the enemy in war · New Jersey Slavery Records

Receipt issued to Colonel John Neilson recording the sale of an enslaved Black man who was taken from the enemy in war

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Identifier: NJS-SRC-00466
Source Type: Bill of Sale, Invoice, or Receipt
Author: Thomas Bullman
Location Created: Elizabeth (formerly Elizabethtown)
Date: November 30, 1777
Transcript: [FRONT]

Elizh Town }
 Novr 30th 1777 }

Receiv’d of Col John Neilson Fifty-five Pounds for a negro Man taken from the the Enemy & Sold Of Publick Vendue this Day —
 Thos. Bullman 

 Rec-d 30th Novr. 1777 of Col Neilson Four pounds four Shillings for 2 Handkerchiefs. bougt. at Vendue by Col Runyon
 Thos. Bullman 

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 Bullman paid
 For Negro & handfs 
30 Nov 1777
Language: English
Format: Loose slip of paper, unlined, with handwriting
Archive: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Archival Collection: Neilson Family Papers, 1768-1908 (MC 933)
Archival Location: Box 2, Folder 4A: Correspondence, etc. 1774 (1777-8)
Record Contributor: Jenny Schneider; Jesse Bayker
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1777-11-30 Sale: Name Unrecorded - Male