A list of sales figures to various places throughout the United States and the tonnage shipped for the year 1766. [page 1] A continuation of the sales list for the year 1767. [page 2]
A bill of sale for two slaves (named Monday and Bill) purchased by Michael Dougherty of Montgomery County, Virginia, from Robert Graham of Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
Several promissary notes for the hiring of enslaved people. Enslaved person Caroline, from the estate of Harding Browning, was hired by T.M. Stine for 65 dollars for a year of employment. Also included is a voucher for the capture and return of an enslaved person and an entry for shoes for slaves.
Carte de visite photo of a Grand Army of the Republic parade in Chicago, Illinois, with street cars running between a large float that reads Welcome GAR with pictures of Washington, Lincoln and Grant.
A diptych constructed of wood and covered in leather. An engraved pattern covers the front and back panels. Interior contains an ambrotype portrait of an unidentified woman.
Documents for the sale of enslaved people Margaret and her infant son Thomas, as well as Margaret's future children, "with the future issue and increase of Margaret", to Henry Wessels from Francis A. Mitchell for the sum of eleven hundres and fifty dollars. Auction was carried out by J.S. Riggs auctioneers.
A diptych constructed of wood and covered in leather. An engraved pattern covers the front and back panels. Interior contains an ambrotype portrait of an unidentified African American woman.
A diptych constructed of wood and covered in leather. An engraved pattern covers the front and back panels. Interior contains an ambrotype portrait of an unidentified woman.
Postcard of a man giving money to cariacture of a African American child while a Caucasian child looks on. Caption reads ' I'm not to blame for being white, sir!'.