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Daniel Baker & William Morgan vs Prettyman Boyce:
On an Attachment Order of Sale dated the Twenty Fifth of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven, I do Certify that on this day I sold Negro Boy Jacob in the presence [of] both the Plaintiffs and Defendant and that he was lawfully struck off to Seth Griffith for the sum of Eighty Dollars and a half, he being the highest Bidder, which money I have Recd. on this day being the time the Boy was Bid off as witness my hand this tenth day of October Eighteen Hundred & Seven 1807.
Iwin [?] Stuart, Const[able]. (L.S.)
Attest: Robert Hall, Wm. Elligood