Memorandum for Whitehall on crops, stock, and hiring out of enslaved workers, November 1799

Item

Title

Memorandum for Whitehall on crops, stock, and hiring out of enslaved workers, November 1799

Description

Various notes regarding the enslaved workers, including the following:
​​​​​​​Had a pair of Shoes for Abby from Jacob Hill not pd for
Speak to Mr Raymond abt Jacob who owes 2 years of £3 each in Dec 1797 qu how many since
At Whall:
Bea the Son of Rachel qu what is to be done with him
Qu? If W. Denny did not retain the Black woman hired with from Dec 1795 to 1796 if so he owes 1 yrs hire £5

And the last line of the document:
He owes havg hired Cato & Aaron to Crippen @15 for the work they did

Identifier

19740

Type

text

Creator

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

Date Created

1799

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