Bill of sale for Phebe, sold by Shoball Smith to Samuel Smith

Bill of sale for Phebe, sold by Shoball Smith to Samuel Smith
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Identifier
NJS-SRC-00653
Source Type
Bill of Sale, Invoice, or Receipt
Author
Shoball Smith (1692-1769)
Location Created
Woodbridge
Date
June 3, 1717
Description
A partial transcript of the bill of sale for Phebe is reproduced on p. 185 in Joseph W. Dally's 1873 book Woodbridge and Vicinity.
Transcript
[PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT]

Know all men by these presents yt I, Shoball Smith, of Woodbridge, In ye County of Midd[lese]x In ye provence New East Jersey, for and In Consideration of ye sum of fifty pound Currant Silver money, of ye sd provence, to me In hand paid by Samuel Smith of ye Same place, yeoman of ye town and provence aforesd—do bargain, sell, allineat and Deliver one Negro woman Named Phebe to sd Samll Smith, for him, his heirs and assigns.
Language
English
URL
https://archive.org/details/woodbridgevicini00dall/page/185/mode/1up
Reproduced In

Dally, Joseph W. Woodbridge and Vicinity. New Brunswick, NJ: A. E. Gordon, 1873. Page 185. Citing "MSS. relating to the town," document "bearing date June 3d, 1717, is written in Liber B, folio 100." https://archive.org/details/woodbridgevicini00dal
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Jesse Bayker
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