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John Marshall slave bill of sale
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Slavery
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Original bill of sale for slave Dicey sold/purchased by Chief Justice John Marshall
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Chief Justice John Marshall
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1789 Jul
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American History
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Marshall-Dicey-family-Richmond
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Connecticut Historical Society - Welling manuscript collection
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This is the text of a bill of sale from John B. Johnson to Chief Justice John Marshall
Richmond
July 3, 1787
I hereby bargain, sell and convey an absolute property to John Marshall for 70 pounds which I have this day received from him one Negro wench named Dixie with her child and do not been myself, my heirs execratory & administrators to warrant and defend a complete and totally unencumbered to the said slave and her issue.
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PUBLIC MUSEUM COLLECTION
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Public Museum Collections --United States
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The heirs of the family of Sen. James Dixon, Elizabeth L.C. Dixon and Dr. James Clarke Welling
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Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling
Mrs. Clementine Dixon Welling
Miss Elizabeth L. Dixon
Dr. James Clarke Welling
Mrs. Elizabeth L.C. Dixon
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<p>I <em>hereby bargain, sell and convey an absolute</em> <em>property to </em><em>John Marshall for 70 pounds which I have this </em><em>day received from him one Negro wench named </em><em>Dixie with her child and do bend myself, my heirs execratory </em><em>& administrators to warrant and defend a complete and </em><em>totally unencumbered to the said slave and her issue.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em> <u>John B Johnson</u> </em><em>July 3, 1787</em><em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>VERSO</em></p>
<p><em>For the wither mentioned some of 70 pounds which I have received </em><em>I bargain, sell the whither mentioned slaves to Jacquelin Ambler.</em></p>
<p><em> John Marshall</em><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p></p>
<p><em> <span>https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/JNML-01-01-02-0171 [accessed 07 Jan 2021]</span></em></p>
<p><em><span><br /><br /></span></em></p>
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Chief Justice Marshall Slave Bill of Sale
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Subject - Slavery - Virginia
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Autograph manuscript, Bill of Sale, sale of a slave family dated 3 July 1787, 1 page,
John B. Johnson sells slave woman, named Dicey, and her child; on verso John Marshall writes bill of sale for mother and child to Jaquelin Ambler.
This bill of sale may be found in the Connecticut Historical Society, within the Dixon - Welling family collection, Ms 46829.
Provenance: the donor, Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling, daughter of Dr. James Clarke Welling 1825-1894. president of George Washington University
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Chief Justice John Marshall
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An Annotated Bibliography of the Dixon-Welling Family Collection at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
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1787
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CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
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5x7 stationary paper
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-En
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Ms 46829
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US
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Caroline Welling Van Deusen, Project Archivist
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Unpublished
African-American woman
Autograph manuscript
Bill of Sale
Chief Justice Marshall
Dicey
Jaquelin Ambler
John B. Johnson
John B. Marshall
John Marshall
Slave Bill of Sale
Virginia
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I do hereby bargain, sell & convey in absolute property to John Marshall for seventy pounds which I have this received from him one negro wench named Dicey with her child and do bend myself, my heirs executors & administrators to warrant and defend completely totally unencumbered to the said slave & her issue John B. Johnson July 3rd 1787
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Title
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Chief Justice John Marshall Bill of Sale – Slave Dicey from John Johnson to Jacqueline Amble
Subject
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Genealogy -- Virginia -- African Americans -- records
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Chief Justice John Marshall Bill of Sale – Slave Dicey from John Johnson to Jaquelin Ambler
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<p>Verso side of Chief Justice John Marshall Bill of Sale – Slave Dicey from John Johnson to Jaquelin Ambler.</p>
<p><em>For this within mentioned sum of seventy pounds which I have reserved I bargain, the within mentioned slaves to Jaquelin Ambler Esquire.</em></p>
<p><em>JMarshall</em></p>
<p><em>Chief Justice</em></p>
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PUBLIC MUSEUM COLLECTION
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Public Museum Collections --United States
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The heirs of the family of Sen. James Dixon, Elizabeth L.C. Dixon and Dr. James Clarke Welling
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Miss Elizabeth Dixon Welling
Mrs. Clementine Dixon Welling
Miss Elizabeth L. Dixon
Dr. James Clarke Welling
Mrs. Elizabeth L.C. Dixon
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citizenarchivist.omeka.net
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Ms. 46829
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Johnson, John B.
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Chief Justice John Marshall
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1787 Jul 03
Title
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Chief Justice John Marshall Bill of Sale – Slave Dicey from John B. Johnson to Jaquelin Ambler dated 3 July 1787
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African Americans--Genealogy
Description
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Handwritten on the page; <br /><p><em>I do hereby bargain, sell & convey in absolute property to John Marshall for seventy pounds which I have this received from him one negro wench named Dicey with her child and do bend myself, my heirs executors & administrators to warrant and defend completely totally unencumbered to the said slave & her issue John B. Johnson</em></p>
<p><em>July 3<sup>rd</sup> 1787<br /><br />Verso of the page; <br /></em></p>
<p><em>For this within mentioned sum of seventy pounds which I have reserved I bargain, the within mentioned slaves to Jaquelin Ambler Esquire.</em></p>
<p><em>JMarshall</em></p>
<p><em>Chief Justice</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
The family of Sen. James Dixon, Elizabeth L.C. Dixon and Dr. James Clarke Welling opposed slavery. Why or how this one page document was among the Welling family papers donated to the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is unknown.<br /><br />The summer of 1787, John B. Johnson owned and sold an African-American woman, named Dicey, and her child Chief Justice John Marshall for seventy pounds. On verso, Chief Justice John Marshal passes the bill of sale for this mother and child to Jaquelin Ambler, Esq. <br /><br />This transaction in 1787, four years after John Marshall of Virginia married Mary Ambler, daughter of Jaquelin Ambler, Esq. of Virginia.
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An Annotated Bibliography of the Dixon-Welling Family Collection at Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
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Donation to Connecticut Museum of Culture and History by Miss Elizabeth D. Welling, October 1936
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Document
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Chief Justice John Marshall
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CC BY 4.0 DEED
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1 page document
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-Eng
1787 Jul 03
John B. Johnson
Justice John Marshall
Ms. 46829