Accounts-- Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father for expenses of the burial of Nelly, a potential slave, 1807
Item
- Title
- Accounts-- Benjamin Chew, Jr. for his father for expenses of the burial of Nelly, a potential slave, 1807
- Description
- Accounts from March-June 1807, with a line dating April 11th for the burial of Nelly, potential slave, at St. Thomas's Church, as well cost of hickory (possibly for the coffin?), the hiring of a carriage for transport from a man named Hickey, and payment for D. Evans for the coffin. Also records a box of tea for $10. These expenses are also reflected in item 19238.
- Type
- text
- Creator
- Chew, Benjamin, 1758-1844
- Date Created
- 1807
- Format
- manuscript
- Is Part Of
- Chew family papers (2050) | Box 211 | Folder 2
- Spatial Coverage
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Subject
- Slavery--United States--History |Chew family
- Extent
- 1 page
- Language
- eng
- Rights
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- Item sets
- Chew Family Papers
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