2009-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/31/2009
Manuscript last will of John Van Loon, June 24, 1775, 8" x 12-1/2," np., margin roughness. In dividing his property amongst his children an article includes, "I will and ordain that each of my beloved sons Jacob and Albert ... shall have one of my Negroes." In researching the Van Loon family in 1775, we were only able to place them in upper state New York. The state of New York abolished slavery in 1799.
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