Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coasthttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/MGC/browse/?sort=added_a&fq=untl_decade:1850-1859&fq=str_location_county:Orleans+Parish,+LA2012-06-05T21:44:27-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast[Bill of Sale of a Slave Named Adam (or Tircis), December 15, 1859]2012-06-05T21:44:27-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221845/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221845/"><img alt="[Bill of Sale of a Slave Named Adam (or Tircis), December 15, 1859]" title="[Bill of Sale of a Slave Named Adam (or Tircis), December 15, 1859]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221845/small/"/></a></p><p>Bill of sale witnessed by notary Selim Wagner, containing details of the sale of a slave named Adam or Tircis. Adam was sold for $1,225 by auctioneer for the estate of the deceased Pierre Riviere of New Orleans as directed by his executor, Nicolas Tourne. The buyer was Lucretia Van Woert of Sabine Pass, Texas, though her husband, Theodore Gripon, accepted on her behalf.</p>