Benson Geers accounts with Samuel Chew (1737-1809) [re: Cecil County plantation], 1782-1789
Item
- Title
- Benson Geers accounts with Samuel Chew (1737-1809) [re: Cecil County plantation], 1782-1789
- Description
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Notes payment to Geers as plantation overseer. Includes 3 year plantation rental agreement, which notes names of enslaved people and details terms for their treatment, healthcare.
African American people mentioned:
Cato, Lemon, Alexander, Charles, Caesar, Jenny, Lucy, & Ephraim - Identifier
- 18355
- Type
- text
- Creator
- Chew, Samuel
- Date Created
- 1782-1789
- Format
- manuscript
- Is Part Of
- Chew family papers (2050)
- Spatial Coverage
- Claiborne (Md)
- Subject
- Slavery--United States--History |Chew family |Pennsylvania--History
- Extent
- 12 pages
- Language
- eng
- Rights
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- Item sets
- Chew Family Papers
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