Bill of sale for Phebe, sold by Shoball Smith to Samuel Smith · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier: NJS-SRC-00653
Source Type: Bill of Sale, Invoice, or Receipt
Title: Bill of sale for Phebe, sold by Shoball Smith to Samuel Smith
Author: Shoball Smith (1692-1769)
Location Created: Woodbridge
Date: 3 June 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
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/woodbridgevicini00dall/page/185/mode/1up
Record Contributor: Jesse Bayker
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1717-06-03 Sale: Phebe