Slave bills of sale

Subject

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Subject Source: Fast

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

J. C. Bledsoe slave bill of sale

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030055580]

Identifier: MS-0250

Abstract

Collection consists of a handwritten bill of sale for a female slave dated October 10, 1859.

Dates: 1859 October 10

Found in: Special Collections / J. C. Bledsoe slave bill of sale

John McGill papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-0043

Abstract

John McGill was a lawyer in Urbana, Virginia (in Middlesex County), and flourished between 1827 and 1848. The collection consists of incoming letters, financial records, records of the William Shepherd estate, and J. Hopkins Brothers and Company records all ranging in date from 1827 to 1849. The bulk of the incoming letters are from Baltimore merchants.

Dates: 1827-1849

Found in: Special Collections / John McGill papers

William Murrell collection

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030058105]

Identifier: MS-HUT-021

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of four bills of sale for the purchase of slaves in Sumter county (1806-1829) and 1 holographic map of Stateburg displaying Murrell's property. Also in the collection are two sheets of accounts showing transactions between a Stateburg merchant, John Macnair, and a trading company in London (1785, 1789)

Dates: 1785, 1789, 1806-1829

Found in: Special Collections / William Murrell collection

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