Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Deed of sale for house sold to Peter Pinkham by Cesar Mingo, a "mulatto man"
1748
Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A deed of sale for a house. Transaction is between Cesar Mingo, a "malatto man," and Peter Pinkham for a house in in Dartmouth, Massachusetts for 12 pounds. Deed is a preprinted form with specifics filled in by hand. Cesar Mingo signed the document at the bottom right. Document was signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of Samuel Mandell, whose signature appears at bottom left. It is also signed by Sam Willis, Justice of the Peace, at bottom right. There are no marks on the back.
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Catalog reference: 2019.28.3
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