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Bill of sale for 47 black slaves to Michael Deloach

Bill totals $16,000.

GLC07369

Washington and Jackson on Negro Soldiers...

Title continued: "Gen. Banks on the Bravery of Negro troops..." Includes one page poem by George F. Boker, at end. Urging Union use of black troops; Banks' report on Port Hudson.

GLC07417

The Last Will & Testament of.... George Washington

Printed by Isaiah Thomas. Uncut.

GLC07425

to unknown recipient re: requests that his book be sent to Charles Francis Adams

Wilson's book is titled "History of the Rise and fall of Slave Power".

GLC07431

Bill of sale and receipt for $45, slave Samuel in Saddle River, NJ

Samuel (slave) sold by John D. Ryerson and signed with his mark. Document is countersigned by Aaron Doty. Receipt also signed by Doty. Bill of sale 32.7 x 20.4 cm. Receipt 8.8 x 19.6 cm.

GLC07406

Freedmen's Bureau blank printed Marriage Certificate, Dept. of TN and AR

Printed blank document, printed in blue ink at the Freedmen Press Print, Vicksburg, MS.

GLC07407

Blank Confederate Slave impressment receipt

Printed blank receipt for the Department of the Gulf. Written at the Department of Gulf.

GLC07409

to George W. Randolph et al. re: the South's peril from the North

Written to Randolph and others. "The Northern People came to us with assurances that the south was in no peril...Harper's Ferry was invaded and captured...We have but to be one united people for security out of the Union or Justice & Equality in it...

GLC07410

Statement of Account with Benjamin Johnson

Includes entry for "Negro Fanny & her children." Dates from 1782-1787, while Monroe lived at Williamsburg.

GLC07411

to Mr. Parkes re: furious bidding at slave auction

"Negroes are selling as wind here today, people are seemingly crazy."

GLC07414