Name/Title
Legal BondEntry/Object ID
002839Tags
Mary Youngs, William Henry PiersonScope and Content
Recd Nov $20^{\text{th}}$ 1828 of Henry Pierson twenty two dollars and twenty two cents to be endorsed on a Bond given me by William Pierson deceased
November 28, 1828
Mary Youngs
Alfred Decker
An abbreviation for "Received", written with a superscript "d" or standard shorthand loop.deceased: Written quickly at the end of the third line, standard for probate/estate-related receipts of the era.her mark Mary Youngs signed with an "X" (her mark), which was commonly witnessed and bracketed by her name when the signer was illiterate.Present: Indicates Alfred Decker was the witness present at the signing.
