Frederick F. Dent Bill of Sale

Frederick F. Dent Bill of Sale

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, ULSG 53

Frederick F. Dent Bill of Sale (ULSG 53) Transcript

Know all men by their presence that I, Frederick Dent of the County of Saint Louis State of Missouri[,] do this day convey and sell to my daughter Emily M. Casey for the sum of two thousand dollars the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged four slaves[.] Big Jefferson a black boy eighteen years old[,] Louisa a mulatto about seventeen years old and her child about one year old (Kitty) also a black girl about six years old (Lucy)[,] all of which I convey my full rights and title to the said Emily M. Casey as her property. Witness my hand and seal this tenth day of February 1862.F.

Dent (Seal)

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