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Supply Order, Waycross Casket Company - Holmes Funeral Directors, Waycross Casket Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Invoice stating Waycross Casket Company, Waycross, Georgia, sold listed funeral supplies to Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida. Cost: $180.00. Handwritten notes on front and back include math notations

Supply Order, Waycross Casket Company - Holmes Funeral Directors, Waycross Casket Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Invoice stating Waycross Casket Company, Waycross, Georgia, sold listed supplies to Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida. Cost: $62.40. Handwritten notes on front include: Paid 4/7/25. Date: February 21, 1925

Supply Order, Waycross Casket Company - Holmes Funeral Directors, Waycross Casket Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Invoice stating Waycross Casket Company, Waycross, Georgia, sold listed supplies to Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida. Cost: $180.00 Handwritten note on front: Paid 4/7/25. Date: February 18, 1925

Supply Order, Waycross Casket Company - Holmes Funeral Directors, Waycross Casket Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Invoice stating Waycross Casket Company, Waycross, Georgia sold listed supplies to Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida. Cost: 25.00. Stamp and Handwritten note on front: Feb. 26, 1925 Paid [C.M.B.]. Notations on back. Date: February 13, 1925

Supply Order, Waycross Casket Company - Holmes Funeral Directors, Waycross Casket Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Invoice stating Waycross Casket Company, Waycross, Georgia, sold listed funeral supply to Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida. Price: $75.00. Handwritten note on front: Paid [C.M.B.], stamped FEB 26 1926

Supply Order, Waycross Casket Company - Holmes Funeral Directors, Waycross Casket Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Invoice stating Waycross Casket Company, Waycross, Georgia, sold listed funeral supplies to Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida. Price: $230.00. Handwritten notes on front include math notations. Stamped paid date on front: FEB 26 1925. Date: January 26, 1925

The Third Birth Of A Nation, S. R. Cassius

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Invoice For Funeral Services For C.J. Black, Holmes Funeral Home

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Bill listing services provided by Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida, for the Mr. C.J. Black. Date: December 4, 1924

Uniform Straight Bill Of Lading, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Bill of Lading listing funeral supplies sent from Waycross Casket Company, Waycross, Georgia, via Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to Holmes Funeral Directors, Jacksonville, Florida. Date: September 19, 1924

Francis P. L'Engle - Mrs. T.H.B. Walker, August 29, 1924, Francis P. L'Engle

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Letter from Francis P. L-Engle, Attorney and Counselor of Law, Jacksonville, Florida, renewal inquiry and payment request of interest note ($40).

H. H. Simmons Realty Company - Rosie Holmes Walker, May 29, 1924, H. H. Simmons

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Letter and bill from H.H. Simmons, President, H.H. Simmons Realty Company, 25 North Ocean Street, Jacksonville Florida to Rosa G. Holmes Walker regarding mortgage payment.

James Cunningham Son & Company Automobiles - J.C. Holmes Company, February 8, 1924, James Cunningham Son & Company

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Partial Letter on letterhead for James Cunningham Son & Company Automobiles, Geo. W. Costello, distributor, 2341-2345 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago (Illinois). Factory: Rochester N.Y, addressed to J.C. Holmes Company Jacksonville Florida.

Documentation Of Payment For Services, Lawson L. Pratt - Various People, Lawson L. Pratt

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Handwritten note and receipts stating proof of payment to Lawton L. Pratt, Funeral Director and Licensed Embalmer for embalming, transportation and other services. Handwritten notations on back of some receipts Date: 1924

Estella Bentley- Mrs. Holmes, November 16, 1923, Estella Bentley

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Card from Estella Bentley, Madison, Florida, referencing money owed to Rosa G. Holmes Walker.

Payment, Holmes Funeral Directors- C. A. Atkins, Holmes Funeral Directors

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Check: Holmes Funeral Directors payment to C.A. Atkins, The Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville. Date: September 21, 1923

Law Offices Of C.M. Cooper, Chas. P. & J.J.G. Cooper - Mrs. Rosa Holmes Walker, May 29, 1923, C. M. Cooper

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence Letter from C.M. Cooper, Law Offices of C.M. Cooper, Chas. P. & J.J.G. Cooper, Jacksonville Florida, requesting payment from Rosa Holmes Walker on $1500.00 payable to Rosa L. Cooper. Payment to be made to Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville.

Payment, Holmes Funeral Directors- C. A. Atkins, Holmes Funeral Directors

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Check: Holmes Funeral Directors payment to C.A. Atkins, The Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville. Date: February 6, 1923

Payment, Holmes Funeral Directors- C. A. Atkins, Holmes Funeral Directors

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Check: Holmes Funeral Directors payment to C.A. Atkins, The Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville Date: January 20, 1923

Allen J. Smith & Company - J. C. Holmes & Co., November 10, 1919, Allen J. Smith

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Letter regarding payment and shipment of on [Herse] as per contract.

Leila E. Brown - Not Stated, October 20, 1917, Leah E. Brown

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Correspondence: Handwritten note in reply to telegram sent with pricing, sent from 758 East 229 St., New York City.

Contract For Memorial Cemetery Lot, Memorial Cemetery Association

Holmes Funeral Home Bills and Correspondence, 1923-1943

Document: Payment Contract stating E.W. Kinard agrees to pay Memorial Cemetery Association, monthly for lot sold by Holmes. Date: January 24, 1917

Fictional Advertisement, An Illustration From "Tom Clifton...." By Warren Lee Goss, 1892: "Gang Of 25 Sea Island Cotton And Rice Negroes", Warren Lee Goss

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This item was originally created and disseminated as an illustration in the novel Tom Clifton, or, Western boys in Grant and Sherman's army, '61-'65, by Warren Lee Goss, published in 1892. The advertisement appeared on an unnumbered page in chapter 7.

This is a fictional advertisement for a sale of 25 enslaved people in Charleston, S.C. at Ryan's Mart on Chalmers Street, September 25, 1852.

Runaway Slave Broadside From Clay County, Missouri, Dated July 14, 1860., Gideon Thompson

Documents Related to Slavery

RANAWAY

FROM the residence of the undersigned, one mile north of Barry, Clay county, Mis- souri, on the night of the 13th inst., a mulatto negro girl named

VERCILLA,

aged about 17 years, weighs about 135 lbs., and has a scar on her left jaw. ..A liberal reward will be given for the delivery of said negro girl to me, or her confinement so that I can get her

GIDEON THOMPSON. Clay Co., Mo., July 14, 1860.

Manuscript, Partly Printed Document Authorizing The Seizure Of 2 Slaves, 3 Horses, 80 Head Of Cattle, And Sixty Head Of Hogs, In Payment Of A Debt Owed By William Garborough And Hugh Rusk To William A. Austin, Jackson County, Florida, Dated January 22, 1858., William A. Austin

Documents Related to Slavery

State of Florida Know all men by these presents that Jackson County We William Garbrough and Hugh Rusk bound unto William A Austin by the sum of two hundred dollars and ... cents for the payment whereof well and truly to be made. we bind, ourselves. our heirs. executors and administrators. jointly and severally. firmly by these presents. signed and sealed this twenty second day of January A.D.1858 THE CONDITION OF .THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH; that whereas James Griffin. Sheriff of Jackson County. by virtue of an execution in favor of the said William A. Austin against the said …

The Past And The Present Condition, And The Destiny, Of The Colored Race, Henry Highland Garnet

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Henry Highland Garnet’s 1848 address to the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, New York, published that year, is an eloquent survey and reclaiming for the race of its share in the Western intellectual tradition. That the ancient Egyptians were Africans, that the Song of Solomon was addressed to an African woman, that the Ethiopians warriors were celebrated by Homer, that Moses’ wife was Ethiopian, that Hannibal, Terence, Euclid, Cyprian, Origen, and Augustine all were of African ancestry—these facts are adduced by Garnet to suggest both the heritage and the potential achievements of the Africans in America. Gar-net surveys the origin …

An Appeal In Favor Of That Class Of Americans Called Africans, Lydia Maria Child, Paul Royster (Editor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

The roots of white supremacy lie in the institution of negro slavery. From the 15th through the 19th century, white Europeans trafficked in abducted and enslaved Africans and justified the practice with excuses that seemed somehow to reconcile the injustice with their professed Christianity. The United States was neither the first nor the last nation to abolish slavery, but its proclaimed principles of freedom and equality were made ironic by the nation’s reluctance to extend recognition to all Americans.

“Americans” is what Mrs. Child calls those fellow countrymen of African ancestry; citizenship and equality are what she proposed beyond simple …

Walker’S Appeal, In Four Articles; Together With A Preamble, To The Coloured Citizens Of The World, … (Boston, 1830), David Walker, Paul Royster , Editor & Depositor

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Walker’s Appeal ... is a radical antislavery and antiracist manifesto by a free American of African ancestry. Its bold denunciation of European culture was unprecedented, unrestrained, and startling, viz.:

“The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, avaricious and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority.”

Walker attacks the slave system and its rampant racism from the viewpoint of America’s allegiance to the idea of freedom; he quotes the Declaration of Independence at length, and strikes a recognizably jeremiad note:

“O Americans! Americans!! I call God—I call angels— I call men, to witness, that your destruction …

List Of Enslaved People, Including Their Ages, At Spring Garden Plantation, Florida, 1829., Spring Garden Plantation

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This item is a list of over 80 enslaved people of African descent at Spring Garden, a plantation in present-day DeLeon Springs State Park, Florida. The list notes the first names of enslave persons and their ages. Annotations indicate occupations and work assignments, family units, and if individuals were sent to Charleston or sold locally. The meaning of some annotations are unclear or at least not explicit, such as small circles next to females' names. Annotations indicate this list was used as reference more than once. One pair of twins is noted as are several infants. Reference to the names …

Letter From Josiah Masters To John Reade About An Enslaved Man Named Dick Whom (Masters) Wishes To Sell. New York, 1796., Josiah Masters

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Masters writes to Reade that Dick "has been somewhat uneasy with me, the first cause [was] my separating his wench from him."

"The lowest price is one hundred pounds."

Addressed to Reade in Poughkeepsie, NY.