Memo of Whitehall under Joseph Porter, April 1798

Item

Title

Memo of Whitehall under Joseph Porter, April 1798

Description

The top of the backside of the memorandum lists births amongst the enslaved people between 1787-1792, including Hetty of Young Rachel, Dot of Tish, Hannah of Lucey [Lucy], and Ruth of (Elder?) Rachel. 

Continues to discuss clothing for the enslaved, including  Linnen for Trousers & Petitcoats- "in June 98 Porter writes all the men except Lemon had shirts of it..."

The last lines include the following directions: Write to R Denny for arrears[.]
Mr Raymond ab Jacob who owes two years of £3 each in Dec 1797
2nd (?) of Priscilla - NB her Child Lucy(?) is near 16
NB Ben son of eldest Rachel born ___? 8 year old

Identifier

19735

Type

text

Creator

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

Date Created

1798

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