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Catalog Number |
B2025.08.01 |
Object Name |
Book |
Museum |
Alexandria Black History Museum |
Description |
Book, "The Form Book: Containing Nearly Three Hundred of the Most Approved Precedents for Conveyancing, Arbitration, Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Receipts for Money, Letters of Attorney, Bonds, Copartnerships, Leases, Petition, and Wills; Besides many other subjects referred to in the Index," by a Member of the Philadelphia Bar (Haswell, Barrington & Haswell, Philadelphia, 1838). The book contains two samples of legal documents for manumissions (pages 251-252). The first example used it the sale of a child for $1 to their father, and the second is the manumission of a young woman on condition of her indentured service for 11 years. The front page is stamped in black ink, "Patience M. Fell" with the handwritten text below, "For Richard H. Fell / 1891." |
Material |
Paper/Cardboard |
Date |
1838 |
Dimensions |
W-4.25 L-7.5 D-1.125 inches |
Search Terms |
Documents Enslaved people Enslaver Lawyers Legal affairs Legal education Manumission |
Subjects |
Documents Enslaved people Enslaver Lawyers Legal affairs Legal education Manumission |