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1863
[Summary of the military service of Confederate Generals John Horace Forney and Dabney Herndon Maury]
A page removed from a biographical work.
GLC05012.03
6 December 1858
Moore, M.M., fl. 1838-1879
to Mary Moore Kelly
Comments on the difficulty of raising children. Mentions an accident in which a horse kicked their slave boy in the jaw. Moore is the wife of Robert E. Moore, John Moore's brother.
GLC04195.57
19 February 1847
New Hampshire Legislature
Resolution of the legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to slavery.
29th Congress, 2d session, Senate document # 154. Resolves that the New Hampshire legislature is firmly against slavery. Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, printers.
GLC00267.119.02
03 March 1847
Massachusetts Legislature
Resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts, concerning slavery.
29th Congress, 2d session, Senate document # 219. Resolves that the Massachusetts legislature is opposed to the existence of slavery and the extension of it into new territories.
GLC00267.119.03
6 June 1841
Carter, Henry L., fl. 1841
[Printed bill of sale for John, an enslaved man]
One printed bill of sale paid by John P.B. Jones to James C. Pleasants dated June 6, 1841. Jones paid 670 dollars to enslave a man named John. The document was filled out and signed by Henry L. Carter, Pleasants' attorney.
GLC01445.01
11 April 1840
Duley, Mary, 1811-?
to Enoch Duley and Mary Duley
Writes to her parents about her daughter, who had become sick with a fever three weeks earlier. On the verso is a letter signed by William Wood to "Dear Children," probably to Mary and her husband from his parents that discusses health, whooping...
GLC06377.02
15 July 1848
to Lloyd Duley
Writes to her siblings about a birth, her family's health, the abundance of rain, and local deaths and marriages. Notes a meeting of the "suns of Temperance." Hopes they will visit. Mentions she has "got the headache very bad." Sent to Lloyd but...
GLC06377.03
15 October 1856
Duley, Enoch M., 1773-1864
[Sale of a tract of land to Enoch M. Duley]
Sells his son a tract in Livingston County, Kentucky worth $306 for $1. Outlines the location of the land. A note on the verso signed by the county clerk James W. Cade indicates that the sale was recorded on 21 October 1856. Signed with a mark.
GLC06377.04
8 May 1850
Helm, John L., 1802-1867
[Kentucky land grant to Enoch M. Duley]
Partially printed document signed by Helm as Kentucky Governor and countersigned by Secretary John Finnell. Grants Duley a tract of 255 acres in Livingston, Kentucky "in consideration of a warrant from the Livingston County Court." Outlines the...
GLC06377.05
1815-1860
[Survey map of 329.5 acre tract]
Tract broken into three sections. Since this is part of the Duley family papers, the land was probably in Kentucky. Probably circa 1850-1900.
GLC06377.12
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