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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 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

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.

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.

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.