Account of Whitehall Overseer Joseph Porter with Benjamin Chew, 1789

Item

Title

Account of Whitehall Overseer Joseph Porter with Benjamin Chew, 1789

Description

Detailed account for Whitehall expenses from 1789 with many payments to enslaved or potentially enslaved people for various work. Also includes payment for use of other's (hired?) enslaved people, such as a payment on May 2nd to Charles Nabb "for use of Merrit Lee". Other work includes Prince, Lid, George, and Merrit for harvesting and ditching, and Jem for cradling oats, Raymond for an ox yoke & bows, and Negro List (sp?) for stocking [?]. Sam Calhoun is also mentioned.

Identifier

19634

Type

text

Creator

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

Date Created

1798

Format

manuscript

Is Part Of

Chew family papers (2050) | Box 773 | Folder 10

Spatial Coverage

Whitehall (De.)

Subject

Slavery--United States--History |Chew family

Extent

4 pages

Language

eng

Rights

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Item sets

Chew Family Papers