The Horlbeck Ledger, 1839-1847, is a bound volume by members of the Horlbeck building and architectural business. The book records work done for clients White and Black employees and specifies the type of repair, remodeling or construction jobs and supplies. Black employees are comprised of enslaved persons and freed men and women.
A torn letter to William Clarkson from Reverend Napoleon B. Screven with a message of Christian exhortation that Screven requests Clarkson to convey to his enslaved persons. The letter also mentions the inability to sell the wife of an enslaved man.
A bill of sale for three enslaved men between Jenkins MiKell and Harold Cranston for $1,500. The names of the enslaved men are listed as Kit, April and Carlos.
A mortgage statement concerning the thirty-six enslaved persons purchased by Langdon Cheves Sr. from the estate of James Cuthbert. The statement states the different mortgages taken out for the enslaved persons.
