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I hereby sell and deliver as a Servant for the term of Twelve years, from the date hereof Negro Joan to Walter Addison of Prince Georges County, and do warrant & defend the said Servant as the right and property of the said Walter Addison his heirs and assigns for the term above mentioned. As witness my hand and seal this Twenty fourth of June seventeen hundred and ninety seven.
Ay Addison (seal)
A Bill of sale to be recorded