About This Item

  • Call Number1977_171_b_1_f_7_001
  • Title[Bill of sale for a ten-year-old boy named Frank between Peter A. Burtus and Nehemiah Denton]
  • SummaryBill of sale for an enslaved person. Printed form, selectively inscribed in ink ... " I, Peter A. Burtus of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, State of New York ... for eighty dollars ... paid by Nehemiah Denton of Givana, County of Kings ... have ... sold ... a black boy named Frank, born on [October 7, 1798] Dated December 20, 1808.
  • Date1808
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 paper document ; 8 x 12 inches
  • Genrebills of salecontracts
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectSlave bills of sale ; Slavery--United States--History ; Old First Reformed Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
  • CollectionNehemiah Denton papers
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Kings County (N.Y.)Mamaroneck (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsNehemiah Denton papers, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • Copyright OwnerPublic Domain
  • FolderNehemia Denton papers ; Box: 1, Folder 7