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1745.07.29 — Bill of Sale for Zebulon Prutt, July 29, 1745
This document, dated July 29, 1745, is a bill of sale between Jerusha Chauncey of Hadley and Moses Porter of Hadley. Chauncey has agreed to sell his African- American slave, Zeb, who is approximately fourteen years old, to Porter, in return for 150…
1770.03.30 — Bill of sale for Cesar, March 30, 1770
In this short bill of sale, William Williams of Massachusetts Bay sells an 18-year-old enslaved Black man named Cesar to Charles Phelps Jr. of Hadley. Williams charges Sixty-Five Pounds Thirteen Shillings & four pence for the sale. He specifies that…
1776.02.15 — Charles Phelps Sr. to Charles Phelps Jr., February 15, 1776
This document, dated Feb 15th, 1776 was sent from N. Marlborough, Massachusetts by Charles Phelps Sr. to his son Charles Phelps Jr. in Hadley, Massachusetts. Mr. Phelps proposes to his son that his son send to him an enslaved man, Cesar, for the…
1834.12.02 - Mary Huntington to Elizabeth W. P. Huntington, Dec 2, 1834
Mary tells her mother of Mr. Merrick’s sermon upon his arrival to town. He spent more than an hour to indicate the character of God and denies the doctrine of original sin. Mr. Merrick says he is an abolitionist. Mary is pleased with him and thinks…
1837.06.16 - Elizabeth Huntington to Edward Huntington, Jun. 16th, 1837
A very newsy letter full, as Elizabeth writes, of "gadding." She chides Edward for his business worries, reports on a meeting of a religious association at the house, visits to friends in Deerfield, the girls inviting a party to the house, an…