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Bill From Skillern & Hill Dec 1819

Bill From Skillern & Hill

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Statement of money owed by Elijah Hogan to Skillern & Hill in 1820 for various items purchased and services provided, including a ''cowskin whip'' and India muslin.

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Bill From Hobson & Ewing Dec 1819

Bill From Hobson & Ewing

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Statement of money owed by Elijah Hogan to Hobson & Ewing in 1820 for various items, including gingham, whiskey, coffee, peppermint, beads, and a tortoise comb.

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Receipt For Special Taxes Paid, 1818 Dec 1817

Receipt For Special Taxes Paid, 1818

Darden Family Papers

This handwritten receipt documents the payment of one hundred and twenty dollars made by Thomas L. Darden for special taxes for three dogs for the 1818 fiscal year. The receipt is signed by D. P. Farley, assessor per D. McCormick Shiff. The left and bottom edge of the paper is jagged from having been torn. There are mildew stains on the right side of the paper.

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Wilson, James, To Dr. Rufus Wyman, Asylum For The Insane, Charlestown, Mass. Dec 1817

Wilson, James, To Dr. Rufus Wyman, Asylum For The Insane, Charlestown, Mass.

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

Letter to Dr. Rufus Wyman at the Asylum for the Insane in Charlestown, Mass.; seeking space in the asylum for a patient.

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Receipt For Cotton Received In New Orleans Aug 1817

Receipt For Cotton Received In New Orleans

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton, tobacco, deer skins, and furs received by Benjamin Story in New Orleans from Ditto's Landing (present-day Whitesburg, Alabama) via the transport of Captains James Nealley and Elijah Hogan on behalf of their customers, Pope & Hickman, White & Read, Beaty, Brahm & Hutchings, Kyle & Daugherty, Purdam & McAllister, and Childress & Hickman, 1817.

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Receipt For Cotton Received In New Orleans Apr 1817

Receipt For Cotton Received In New Orleans

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton received by Benjamin Story in New Orleans via the transport of Captain James Nealley, 1817.

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Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, March 25, 1817 Mar 1817

Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, March 25, 1817

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton, tobacco, deer skins, and furs received by Captains James Nealley and Elijah Hogan from James White & John Read at Ditto's Landing (present-day Whitesburg, Alabama), to be transported to New Orleans via flat-bottomed boats on the Tennessee River, 1817.

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Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, March 24, 1817 Mar 1817

Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, March 24, 1817

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton and deer skins received by Captain Elijah Hogan from Childress & Hickman at Ditto's Landing (present-day Whitesburg, Alabama), to be transported to New Orleans via flat-bottomed boat on the Tennessee River, 1817.

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Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, March 4, 1817 Mar 1817

Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, March 4, 1817

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton received by Captains James Nealley and Elijah Hogan from Sueellen Jones, Francis E. Harris, and Bennet Wood at Ditto's Landing (present-day Whitesburg, Alabama), to be transported to New Orleans via flat-bottomed boats on the Tennessee River, 1817.

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Bill For Various Tools Jan 1817

Bill For Various Tools

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Bill for various tools bought by Elijah Hogan from ''Gill'', who apparently made many of the items himself, 1817.

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Bill For Boarding Jan 1817

Bill For Boarding

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Bill for the boarding of Elijah Hogan and James Nealley, along with their slaves and horses, at an establishment owned by Thomas Austin, 1817.

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Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, January 14, 1817 Jan 1817

Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, January 14, 1817

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton received by Captains James Nealley and Elijah Hogan from Pope & Hickman at Ditto's Landing (present-day Whitesburg, Alabama), to be transported to New Orleans via flat-bottomed boats on the Tennessee River, 1817.

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Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, January 9, 1817 Jan 1817

Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, January 9, 1817

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton received by Captains James Nealley and Elijah Hogan from James White and John Read at Ditto's Landing (present-day Whitesburg, Alabama), to be transported to New Orleans via flat-bottomed boats on the Tennessee River, 1817.

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Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, 1817 Dec 1816

Receipt For Cotton To Be Shipped, 1817

Ames and Hogan Family Papers

Receipt for cotton received by Captains James Nealley and Elijah Hogan from Purdam & McCallister at Ditto's Landing (present-day Whitesburg, Alabama), to be transported to New Orleans via flat-bottomed boats on the Tennessee River, 1817.

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Letter, Margaret Lawrence To Isaac Forsyth, Elgin, Scotland, 1816, Margaret Lawrence Dec 1815

Letter, Margaret Lawrence To Isaac Forsyth, Elgin, Scotland, 1816, Margaret Lawrence

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This letter is particularly interesting because it appears to have been dictated rather than written by the alleged author, which can be determined in part because the confident, educated hand of the letter is completely different from Lawrence's signature. In it, Margaret Lawrence, aunt and guardian of several orphaned children, writes to Forsyth to request his help in seeking money from distant relatives of the children to sustain them until they can earn their own livings. Notes at the end indicate her story and the condition of the family are confirmed by the minister and an Elder of her church …

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License To A Retailer Of Domestic Spirits, Natchez, Ms, August 1813, City Of Natchez Dec 1814

License To A Retailer Of Domestic Spirits, Natchez, Ms, August 1813, City Of Natchez

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

However, even in Mississippi, not all African-Americans were enslaved. This tavern license issued to Amey Johnston, a free woman of color, mother of William Johnston, author of The Barber of Natchez. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

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Letter, Stephen Noble, Pearl River, Mississippi Territory, To Samuel Chapman, Choctaw Nation Agency, 1815, Stephen Noble Dec 1814

Letter, Stephen Noble, Pearl River, Mississippi Territory, To Samuel Chapman, Choctaw Nation Agency, 1815, Stephen Noble

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

One of the industries in Mississippi both pre- and post-statehood was trapping and trading of animal pelts. This letter, written from one trapper-trader to another, reports that business is slow and the last round of pelts has not yet sold. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

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Handwritten Deposition Of Two African People, Tomly And Modu, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814 May 1814

Handwritten Deposition Of Two African People, Tomly And Modu, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of to African people, Tomly and Modu, to Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814, discussing their experience having been sold into slavery.

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Handwritten Deposition Of Two African Children, Loomba And Majig, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814 May 1814

Handwritten Deposition Of Two African Children, Loomba And Majig, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of two African children, Loomba and Majig, to Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814, describing their capture and having been sold into slavery to a man named Thomas and then Sam Pierre who put them on a ship with a number of other slaves.

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Handwritten Deposition Of Three African Boys, Will, Bunjallah, And Sara To Robert Purdie, May 6, 1814, Sierra Leone, South Africa May 1814

Handwritten Deposition Of Three African Boys, Will, Bunjallah, And Sara To Robert Purdie, May 6, 1814, Sierra Leone, South Africa

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of three African boys, Will, Bunjallah, and Sara to Robert Purdie, May 6, 1814, Sierra Leone, South Africa describes the boys having been purchased as slaves and all they witnessed during their enslavement, concerning other slaves and their buyers.

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Handwritten Deposition Of An Enslaved Person In South Africa, Jarra, In The Colony Of Sierra Leone, South Africa, July 9, 1813 Jul 1813

Handwritten Deposition Of An Enslaved Person In South Africa, Jarra, In The Colony Of Sierra Leone, South Africa, July 9, 1813

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of a slave named Jarra describes his life as a slave in South Africa and how he came to live with John McQueen and Robert Bostock. It goes on to describe how a ship full of men of war came and to protect the slaves from them, McQueen and Bostock sent Jarra to care for the slaves. The deposition is witnessed by Robert Parson and dated July 9, 1813.

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Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of John Macqueen To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813 Jul 1813

Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of John Macqueen To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten voluntary deposition of John MacQueen describes MacQueen's life, including his business associations and his work in the slave trade in South Africa, specifically in his involvement with Robert Bostock in the slave trade and trafficking business. The deposition was witnessed by F. Hopkins, Registrar V Aomy, Court Sierra Leone, July 8, 1813.

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Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of Robert Bostock To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813 Jul 1813

Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of Robert Bostock To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten voluntary deposition of Robert Bostock describes Bostock's business in the slave trade and trafficking in South Africa and his knowledge of Charles Mason's whereabouts. The deposition was witnessed by F. Hopkins, Registrar V Aomy, Court Sierra Leone, July 8, 1813.

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Handwritten Incomplete Receipt For Delivery Of Merchandise Between Manuel Ruiz In Havana, Cuba And William Young In Charleston, South Carolina Mar 1813

Handwritten Incomplete Receipt For Delivery Of Merchandise Between Manuel Ruiz In Havana, Cuba And William Young In Charleston, South Carolina

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten complete receipt for delivery of merchandize between Manuel Ruiz in Havana, Cuba and William Young in Charleston, South Carolina describes the shipment and delivery of unnamed merchandise. There are blank spaces where dates and other information would have been placed to complete the receipt. The receipt's time frame is described as March 8, 1813.

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Letter, Juan Norllogoh [?] To Robert Bostick, Montserrado, South Africa, May 20, 1811 May 1811

Letter, Juan Norllogoh [?] To Robert Bostick, Montserrado, South Africa, May 20, 1811

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten letter, written in script and dated May 20, 1811, to Robert Bostick in Monserado from Juan Norllogoh [?] discusses the a third party, Mr. Homel, and his refusal to pay what is owed.

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Promissory Note, Daniel Johnston And Christopher Bush To Phillip Reid, August 10, 1810, Daniel Johnston Aug 1810

Promissory Note, Daniel Johnston And Christopher Bush To Phillip Reid, August 10, 1810, Daniel Johnston

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This promissory note, dated August 10, 1810, promises that Daniel Johnston and Christopher Bush with pay Phillip Reid thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents on or before January 1, 1811. The note is signed by Johnston and Bush and witnessed by Daniel Wayde.

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Letter, J. Maxwell, In Greenville, Mississippi To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, June 6, 1810, J. Maxwell Jun 1810

Letter, J. Maxwell, In Greenville, Mississippi To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, June 6, 1810, J. Maxwell

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten letter, written in script and dated June 6, 1810, to Rev. James Smylie in Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, from J. Maxwell [Macaide], in Greenville, Mississippi, discusses the writer's failed courtship of a young lady, his thoughts on who may have negatively spoken of him with the lady in question, his thoughts on ""religious people"". The writer goes on to beseech the reverend to ""undo"" whatever negative opinions were set forth about the writer and opine about the difficulties of finding bride when one is poor. The writer concludes by describing the illness of a friend (fever). The last …

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Undertaking Agreement, Edward Howe And William Reid On Behalf Of Christopher Eptings, March 6, 1810, Edward Howe Mar 1810

Undertaking Agreement, Edward Howe And William Reid On Behalf Of Christopher Eptings, March 6, 1810, Edward Howe

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This document is an agreement that Edward Howe and William Reid of Fayette County undertook for Christopher Eptings at the suit of martin Baun and Samuel Perry that Howe and Reid would taken on the debts should Eptings be cast in the suit. The document is signed by Justice of the Peace, Nathan G. S. Hart, and dated march 6th, 1810. This copy of the document was recorded by Robert L. Todd, county clerk.

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Letter, Daniel F. Mcneil, At Yale College, New Haven Connecticutto To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, , January 16, 1810, Daniel F. Mcneil Jan 1810

Letter, Daniel F. Mcneil, At Yale College, New Haven Connecticutto To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, , January 16, 1810, Daniel F. Mcneil

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten letter, written in script and addressed to Rev. James Smylie in Washington, Adams County, Mississippi discusses the writers plans to go to the Carolinas, the need for better communication with the reverend, and the wish to see him. The writer goes on to discuss his friendship with another minister, his thoughts on some other ministers, and his thoughts on marriage.

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Rock'd In The Cradle Of The Deep, J. P. Knight Dec 1809

Rock'd In The Cradle Of The Deep, J. P. Knight

Sheet Music Collection

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