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1. Page 76, Card 1

Page 76, Card 1
Date:
1907-09-27
Description:
Postcard. General Greeting theme - photo illustration of people around a cabin. Mailed from New Orleans, Louisiana.

2. Page 78, Card 1

Page 78, Card 1
Date:
1906-07-03
Description:
Postcard. General Greeting theme - "humorous" illustration of a turkey scaring a young girl. Mailed from Charleston, South Carolina.

3. Page 46, Card 1

Page 46, Card 1
Date:
1906-06-30
Description:
Postcard. General Greeting theme - photo illustration of African Americans performing baptisms in river. Mailed from Charleston, South Carolina.

4. Page 79, Card 1

Page 79, Card 1
Date:
1907-12-11
Description:
Postcard. General Greeting theme - photo illustration of two children working in a field . No postmark.

5. Page 77, Card 1

Page 77, Card 1
Date:
1900
Description:
Postcard. General Greeting theme - photo illustration of two children holding a watermelon. No postmark.

6. Rounded Box with Lid, c. 1830s

Rounded Box with Lid, c. 1830s
Date:
1830-1839
Description:
Rounded cardboard box with lid containing remnants of antimony, a substance used for medicinal purposes. Discovered during 2017-2018 investigations of an enslaved quarter in the Nathaniel Russell House kitchen house

7. Slave Pass for Mack, 1843

Slave Pass for Mack, 1843
Date:
1843
Description:
Slave pass written by Sarah H. Savage giving permission for an enslaved person named Mack to stay on Bedon's Alley for two months. The pass notes that Mack was "hired by his Mother."

8. Slave Pass for Grace, 1849

Slave Pass for Grace, 1849
Date:
1849
Description:
A slave pass written by Isaac Riddell for an enslaved person named Grace to stay at Pattan's Lot for three months.

9. Pillow, early 19th century

Pillow, early 19th century
Date:
1850-1859, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, 1810-1819, and 1820-1829
Description:
A small pillow, hand sewn with faded mattress ticking and stuffed with lambswool, uncovered during 2020 investigations of the Nathaniel Russell Kitchen House. Pillow was discovered under the floorboards in the front of the fireplace in the west enslaved quarter. Pillow measures 4"x5".

10. Page 76, Card 2

Page 76, Card 2
Date:
1900
Description:
Postcard. General Greeting theme - photo illustration of man holding an opossum. No postmark.