The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Martin Robison Delany
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above thirty, seven years.
"We whose names are underwritten, being chosen by the town to see the disposal of the Indians now in town, we agree that Roger Williams, N. Waterman, T. Fenner, H. Ashton, J. Morey, D. Abbot, J. Olney, V. Whitman, J. Whipple, sen., E. Pray, J. Pray, J. Angell, Jas. Angell, T. Arnold, A. Man, T. Field, E. Bennett, T. Clemence, W. Lancaster, W. Hopkins, W. Hawkins, W. Harris, Z. Field, S. Winsor, and Capt. Fenner, shall each have a whole share in the product. I. Woodward and R. Pray, three-fourths of a share each. J. Smith, E. Smith, S. Whipple, N. Whipple, and T. Walling each half a share." Signed, "Roger Williams, Thomas Harris, sen., Thomas X Angell, Thomas Field, John Whipple, Jr." To gratify curiosity as to the price of Indians on those terms, the following extracts are made from an account of sales about this time; "To Anthony Low, five Indians, great and small, £8. "To James Rogers, two, for twenty bushels of Indian corn. "To Philip Smith, two, in silver, $4 10. "To Daniel Allen, one, in silver, $2 10. "To C. Carr, one, twelve bushels of Indian corn. |
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