2 March 1863
Rhett, James M., fl. 1863
Printed document signed
Title: [Receipt for sale of slaves]
With: PDS, 3-2-1863, receipt printed specifically for use in slave sales: "Received from Charles H. Rhett Seven thousand two hundred & fifty Dollars… for the purchase of Seven Negro Slaves named Caesar, Catherine, Flora, Ben, Stepney, Dora & Sue." Pinned to this is the original newspaper advertisement of the estate sale: "will be sold, at the Court House in Columbia…A prime gang of 26 Negroes, accustomed to the culture of cotton, corn and provisions generally. There are among them Cooks, Washers and Ironers and House Servants, the property of … Wm. S. Chaplin, deceased." Signed by…
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