Slave sale ad for Two Women, a Man, and Three Children, to be sold at public auction for the estate of Samuel Finley in Princeton
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- NJS-SRC-01121
- Source Type
- Auction or Sale Notice
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- Slave sale ad for Two Women, a Man, and Three Children, to be sold at public auction for the estate of Samuel Finley in Princeton
- Headline
- TO BE SOLD
- Publication
- Pennsylvania Journal
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date of Issue
- 31 July 1766
- Date Submitted
- 31 July 1766
- Page
- 3
- Transcript
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July 31
TO BE SOLD,
At public vendue, on the 19th of August next, at the presidents house in Princeton, all the personal estate of the late Revd. Dr. SAMUEL FINLEY, consisting of,
TWO Negro women, a negro man, and three Negro children, houshold furniture, horses, and neat cattle, a light wagon, a new chaise, a sleigh, some hay, and grain, together with a variety of farming utensils. Also a choice collection of books, religious, moral and historical, containing the complete library of the deceased. The Negroes will be disposed of at private sale previous to the day appointed for the vendue, should a suitable price be offered for them, The Negro woman understands all kinds of house work, and the Negro man is well fitted for the business of farming in all its branches. The conditions of the vendue will be made known on the day of sale. All those that are indebted to the said estate by bond, note, or book debts, are desired to make immediate payment to the subscribers, and such as have any demands against the estate are desired to send in their accounts properly attested to.
JONATHAN SEARGEANT, jun.
in Princeton, or
SAMUEL BREESE, Executor,
in New York. - Language
- English
- Mentions
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Samuel Finley (1715-1766)
- Record Contributor
- Princeton & Slavery Project
- Kayra Guven
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