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Fergus, Daniel, fl. 1863 [Receipt for purchase of slave]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08544 Author/Creator: Fergus, Daniel, fl. 1863 Place Written: Wilmington, North Carolina Type: Document signed Date: 2 January 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 12.5 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Certifies receipt of $1900 from William R. and John Curtey[?] for a slave named Ward. Signed a day after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.

Fergus, Daniel, fl. 1863

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