Item 12913[Manuscript Execution Bond Signed by Three Free African Americans in Early-19th-Century Boston -- Coffin Pitts, John E. Scarlett, and Benjamin P. Bassett].
[Boston]: February 16, 1815. Manuscript document signed, on plain paper, 5.25 x 6 inches. Minor toning and wear, old folds, some mostly unobtrusive staining. Very good. A unique and powerful record of free persons of color living and working in early America, specifically Boston in 1815. The present document is.....