Cosby, Overton, fl. 1800-1806 [Ordering the appraisal of slaves]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03434.07 Author/Creator: Cosby, Overton, fl. 1800-1806 Place Written: Urbanna, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 July 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Ordering list of men to appraise the enslaved people and personal estate of Edmund Berkeley of Prince William County. Court copy. The men ordered to perform the appraisal are Charles Carter, Charles Tyler, Richard Alexander and Matthew Whiting.
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