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Hammond, Amos, fl. 1858 [Receipt of payment for a slave named Delia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06261.01.02 Author/Creator: Hammond, Amos, fl. 1858 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Document signed Date: 4 January 1858 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Allen J. Poole pays eight hundred dollars for "a negro girl named Delia about fourteen years old..." Signed and sealed by John M. [Dovey?]. Signed by Hammond as Notary Public. Cosigned by N. I. Hammond. Includes an A. W. Hammond, Notary Public, Atlanta, Georgia embossed seal.

Hammond, Amos, fl. 1858
Hammond, N. I., fl. 1858
Dorry, John M., fl. 1858
Poole, Allen J., 1817-1876

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