Geography: Frederick County

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Note Payable from Levy and Franks to Thomas McGuire, Frederick County, Virginia, September 20, 1752 Note Payable from Levy and Franks to Thomas McGuire, Frederick County, Virginia, September 20, 1752

Note payable dated September 20, 1752, from Nathan Levy and David Franks to Thomas McGuire in Frederick County, Virginia. This document details the payment of a debt using enslaved people and livestock. The note is signed by James Wood, founder of Winchester, Virginia, and a friend and associate of George Washington. This is one of the earliest known examples of a Jewish American financial record outside of Rhode Island where a debt is settled using enslaved people.