A four-page unattached letter from Langdon Cheves Sr. to Langdon Cheves Jr. discussing items received, letters during Langdon Cheves Sr.'s time in Congress, statements regarding enslaved persons and a plantation book. The other pages include an account for materials, a Dr.'s bill for enslaved persons, financial business, and remarks.
A bill of sale for the purchase of four enslaved persons sold to Langdon Cheves Jr. for $2,305. The names of the enslaved persons are "Kiewah," Sarah, Mary, and Phoebe.
A bill of sale for five enslaved persons from Debose, Palmer and Peyre to Langdon Cheves Jr. for $3,480. The names of the enslaved persons are Job, "Cotter" or "Cotta," Charles, Moses, and Robin.
A bill of sale for six enslaved persons sold by Jacob Waldburg, administrator of the estate of John McIntosh to Langdon Cheves Sr. The enslaved persons were sold for $5,100 and their names are listed as Hamlet, Priscilla, Wallace, Cinda, Jim, and Sandy.
A bill of sale for the enslaved woman Amey and her child Zachariah sold to Langdon Cheves Jr. from James Gadsden for $800. Gadsden is the executor of the estate of B.R. Mitchell, deceased.
A bill of sale for eight enslaved persons sold from Constantia Quash to Langdon Cheves Jr. for $4,080. The names of the enslaved persons are Minos, Dinah, Scipio, Caesar, Jenny, Jack, Rosey. and Minos.
