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Bill of Sale (R5.083)

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Bill of Sale (R5.083)

Transaction Date: 
7/19/1860
Summary of transaction: 
Philip Buchanan sold the enslaved woman Octavie, alias of Anna, (aged 21) to Marie Octavie Roman for the price of $1,680.
Reference source: 
New Orleans Notarial Archives, Felix Grima, v 46 act 177

 

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