Memos regarding the enslaved people of Whitehall by Benjamin Chew, 1791

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Title

Memos regarding the enslaved people of Whitehall by Benjamin Chew, 1791

Description

The first page of this document is composed of a list varied tasks over 1791 to be done at Whitehall from Benjamin Chew to his son in the management of Whitehall. The first page includes the inquiry "Has Ford got my Negro's winter cloathes, the mens full'd & the Women's wove only I sent him lately 150 yds Linnen w[hi]ch is more than will give them all great & small 2 shirts and shifts a piece. What is left he should preserve. I sent him also 17 p[airs] pf shoes & one of my Fin[e?] bags wch you must bring back to me."

The other side of this page is written in Benjamin Chew Jr.'s hand, titled "Memo taken from a lone Paper of my Father dated April 25th 1791. The first line states that enslaved women Tish or Latitia are to be hired out to Allen Whitehart, noting that Whitehart owes them for the hire of Rachel from 1788-1790, owing "a Ball of about 14 Dols [dollars?]". Judith is to be sent to Black Abraham, her father, " living adjoining Sterling's" at £5 pan (?). The next line reads "Rachel and her child called Little Rachel to Same Person [__?] £3.

The next section reads "Tish or Latitia is taken from A. Whitehart where Both her children died and she is with Wm. Wharton near the Methodist Meetinghouse"

The following line reads, "Sal- Daughter of Cooper is ret'd from Bellah's he having no further occasion for her Whitehall- Gave her Liberty to get herself a good Place to be approved of by Ford within a Week."

The remainder of the page is a list of enslaved people's names starting with the men and women:
Sharper, Jem, Abby, Cato, Enos, Dick, Lemon, Aaron, Jem - Lucy's son, Yarm,  Bil, Davy (- 9 yr old, Lucy's son), Ben, Silvia, Sarah. Rachel, Lucy, Priscilla, Nan - ready to lay in, Sal - from Bellah, Jenny.
Followed by the children:
Sukey, Peg, Mary, Phin, Beck - Nan's child, Ruth, Beck - Pris'a [Priscilla] Child, Nan - Rachel's, Bet - Nan's, Hannah- Lucy's 7 mo old, Davy - wh [with?] Bellah, Tish wh Wharton, Judith & Rachel - with Abraham.

Identifier

19727

Type

text

Creator

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810 | Benjamin, Chew, 1758-1844

Date Created

1791

Format

manuscript

Is Part Of

Chew family papers (2050) | Box 775 | Folder 3

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