REVOLUTIONARY WAR-ERA BILL OF SALE FOR SLAVE OWNED BY THE SCHUYLER FAMILY.


SCHUYLER, STEPHEN. 1737-1820. Autograph Document Signed ("Stephen J. Schuyler"), bill of sale for "a Negro man named Pom," 1 p, oblong 8vo (120 x 175 mm), n.p., July 2, 1783, docketed on the verso, leaf creased and mildly toned.Stephen Schuyler was the younger brother of Philip Schuyler, father of the Schuyler sisters. Here he and Philip act as executors of their sister Margarita's estate, selling Pom to Henry Bathout for ninety-five pounds.