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Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina Feb 1864

Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Instrument indicating Sareon received $1250 from S.C. for having Hooker, his slave, build military fortifications in the state.


Joel Poinsett Letter To Thomas Milton Regarding Receipt Of Documents For Cargo Of The Schooner Fair American, Dated November 14 1826., Joel Roberts Poinsett Nov 1826

Joel Poinsett Letter To Thomas Milton Regarding Receipt Of Documents For Cargo Of The Schooner Fair American, Dated November 14 1826., Joel Roberts Poinsett

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

J. R. Poinsett, the US Minister to Mexico, writes to Thomas Milton about the receipt of documents and communication regarding seizures of cargo of the Schooner Fair American. He reports "everything has been done to induce the Government to reorder justice to the claimants...you may depend upon my continuining to prosecute this claim agreeably to my instructions from the Secretary of State." dated November 14, 1826.


Deed Of Sale For Seven People (As Slaves) Sold By William O'Neale To John Henry Eaton, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1823., William O'Neale, John Henry Eaton Apr 1823

Deed Of Sale For Seven People (As Slaves) Sold By William O'Neale To John Henry Eaton, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1823., William O'Neale, John Henry Eaton

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This deed or receipt acknowledges the exchange of $800 for seven slaves: Betsy Baker, 55; Nelly, 36 and her son Jim, 12 and daughter Jane, 7; Henney, 40, and her son Washington, 5; and Polly Quander, 21.