"Memo made at Whitehall" with list of enslaved people & measurements, ages of children, and those hired out in December 1793

Item

Title

"Memo made at Whitehall" with list of enslaved people & measurements, ages of children, and those hired out in December 1793

Description

This memorandum primarily focuses on the enslaved people of Whitehall. It begins with a "List of Negroes" documenting the status of new shoes and shifts, and in some cases stockings. First listed are the men; Lemon, James, Sharper, Abby, Cato, Enos, Dick, Bill, Aaron, Jem Jr., followed by the women with the note " Linnen for shifts ready" at the end of their names: Silvia, Sarah, Lucy, Nan, Jenny, Tish. Jenny is noted to be 16 years old, and Tish being 18.

Lucey children and their ages follow, including Peg, Molly, Phin, Hannah, and twins Lucey and Rachel. Then Nan's children Suk [Sukey], Grace, and Beck, then Tish's children Dol and Bet, and finally Jenny's son Stephen.

The next section lists those who were hired out and where or to whom:
-Davy hired to Bellah
-Rachel with 3 Children lived wh Collin's Jack for Victuals & Cloaths
Sarah's Child:
-Rachel Jr. with 1 child lives with her Father Collins' Abram [Abraham?]
-Jude - same as Rachel noted to be "now again big with child"
 [Both children include the note "refuse to be hired"]
Lucy's Child:
Yarm (12 yr) lives with Rob[ert] Denney near Martin's Bridge for Victuals & c[lothes]
Davy [lives] with W. Cumberfoot

16 - Sal with Thos Jones at £3 - NB S[ai]d to be big w Child
Priscilla with 1 child at Dover
Lucey [Lucy] her child lives w Stephen Allston
Sarah lives with W[illia]m Calhoun
40 Peg lives with Wm Denny

The following page includes information on the enslaved people's clothing, such as stating that a "large man's shirt" requires 3 1/2 yards of linen, and a woman's shift requires 2 1/2 yards.

Identifier

19728

Type

text

Creator

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

Date Created

1793-12-06

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