1793, Jef, Sale

Title: 1793, Jef, Sale
Description: Mr. Mattison of Princeton sold Jef to one Mr. Kelsey for the sum of 90 pounds when Jef was aged approximately 21 or younger. Subsequently, the sale was reversed and Jef was returned to Mattison's household at the request of Mr. Mattison's wife. The date of this sale event is unknown, but it occurred sometime before February 24, 1794, when Robert Finley of Princeton mentioned this situation in a letter to his friend Col. John Neilson of New Brunswick. Neilson had asked Finley about the possibility of purchasing Jef for 90 pounds. Finley wrote to Neilson about Jef: "He was once sold to Mr. Kelsey for the sum mentioned in your letter but taken back at the request of his present Mistress."
Identifier: NJS-EVE-00667
Event Type: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/476
Action Status: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/547
Date: 1793
Date Certainty: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/550
Source: Letter from Robert Finley to John Neilson regarding Jef. February 27, 1794. Neilson Family Papers, 1768-1908 (MC 933). Box 4, Folder 45: J & J Neilson - Papers relating to purchase of slaves. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
Related Event: 1794, Jef, Sale
Primary Participant: Jef (b. 1773)
Freedom Status: https://www.onthesegrounds.org/s/OTG/item/553
Enslaver: Mr. Mattison; Mr. Kelsey
Age: Young Adult
Buyer: Mr. Kelsey
Seller: Mr. Mattison
Currency: pound
Price: 90
Source Resource: https://records.njslavery.org/api/items/3700
Source Site: https://records.njslavery.org/s/doc/page/home
Sex: Male
Contributor: Jesse Bayker

Item sets: Rutgers-Aggregation; Aggregation

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