{"product_id":"1788-revolutionary-war-era-pennsylvania-bill-of-sale-cumberland-county-carlisle-horses-cattle-sheep-household-goods-embossed-wafer-seal","title":"1788 Revolutionary War-Era Pennsylvania Bill of Sale – Cumberland County, Carlisle – Horses, Cattle, Sheep \u0026 Household Goods – Embossed Wafer Seal","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"3127\" data-end=\"3410\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn original Revolutionary War-era manuscript bill of sale executed in \u003cstrong data-start=\"3197\" data-end=\"3232\"\u003eCumberland County, Pennsylvania\u003c\/strong\u003e, dated \u003cstrong data-start=\"3240\" data-end=\"3258\"\u003eApril 1788\u003c\/strong\u003e conveying livestock and household property from \u003cstrong data-start=\"3308\" data-end=\"3327\"\u003eWilliam Gruston\u003c\/strong\u003e (surname spelling to be verified) to \u003cstrong data-start=\"3365\" data-end=\"3382\"\u003eStephen Frost\u003c\/strong\u003e for valuable consideration.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3412\" data-end=\"3693\"\u003eThe document records the transfer of numerous items of personal property, including \u003cstrong data-start=\"3496\" data-end=\"3597\"\u003ethree horses, two cows, a black calf, seven sheep, two hogs, household furniture, and other goods\u003c\/strong\u003e, illustrating the agricultural economy of frontier Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3695\" data-end=\"4156\"\u003eThe conveyance was formally acknowledged before \u003cstrong data-start=\"3743\" data-end=\"3759\"\u003eWilliam Lyon\u003c\/strong\u003e, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and was officially entered into the Cumberland County deed records on \u003cstrong data-start=\"3869\" data-end=\"3884\"\u003eMay 1, 1788\u003c\/strong\u003e, as noted in the recording endorsement on the reverse: \u003cstrong data-start=\"3940\" data-end=\"3970\"\u003eBook H, Volume I, Page 519\u003c\/strong\u003e, in the Borough of Carlisle. Carlisle served as a major military depot and supply center for the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4158\" data-end=\"4366\"\u003eA particularly attractive feature is the \u003cstrong data-start=\"4199\" data-end=\"4237\"\u003eoriginal embossed paper-wafer seal\u003c\/strong\u003e, still intact with its red pigment, a decorative survival seldom encountered on eighteenth-century Pennsylvania legal documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4368\" data-end=\"4685\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4368\" data-end=\"4377\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 1788\u003cbr data-start=\"4392\" data-end=\"4395\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4395\" data-end=\"4405\"\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cumberland County (Carlisle), Pennsylvania\u003cbr data-start=\"4448\" data-end=\"4451\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4451\" data-end=\"4469\"\u003eDocument Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Revolutionary War-era Bill of Sale (Chattel Deed)\u003cbr data-start=\"4519\" data-end=\"4522\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4522\" data-end=\"4535\"\u003eRecorded:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 1, 1788, Book H, Vol. I, p. 519\u003cbr data-start=\"4571\" data-end=\"4574\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4574\" data-end=\"4588\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good, with original folds, excellent manuscript quality, and an intact embossed wafer seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4687\" data-end=\"4908\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eAn outstanding original Revolutionary-period legal manuscript with excellent visual appeal, ideal for collectors of colonial Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War history, early American law, and eighteenth-century manuscripts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52577389707546,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_1718.jpg?v=1784842372","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/products\/1788-revolutionary-war-era-pennsylvania-bill-of-sale-cumberland-county-carlisle-horses-cattle-sheep-household-goods-embossed-wafer-seal","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}