Cranbury [New Jersey]: May 9, 1818.
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Unbound. Manuscript invoice in ink. One page. Approximately 60 words. Old fold lines, some careful repairs along folds on verso, very good. Aaron Lane's bill to William Newell of Cranbury, New Jersey for "cash paid John McChesney for his wages in hunting 3 days for his Negro Charles... ." A straightforward invoice recording the amount Lane paid to John McChesney for wages ($3.00), the hiring of a horse (another $3.00), and an additional $2.62 for expenses on the road. Of that total, $1.80 was paid in October of 1818, and interest of $1.38 added for a total of $8.00 still due. The remaining amount was paid by James H. Newell, one of the executors of the estate of William Newell on October 2nd, 1824. The invoice Signed by Aaron Lane acknowledging payment.
William Newell's will was probated in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1823. The estate executors are listed as James H. Newell and Dr. Gilbert Woodhull. William Newell bequeathed his estate to his wife and several children, and mentions both an indentured boy, and a servant woman Mar,y who was to be given her freedom two years after his death.
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