Notes on three enslaved women belonging to Whitehall, July 30, 1799

Item

Title

Notes on three enslaved women belonging to Whitehall, July 30, 1799

Description

Multiple sections of notes, some taken from Porter's accounts. A particularly notable section can be found on its own page under July 30, 1799: 
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"Het the Daughter of Rachel Jr was engaged to Wm Ruth at the Landing who wd have given £3 a yr for her but her Father Prince having the Liberty to procure a Place of his Choice put her to Mr Raymond’s who had determined to purchase her Time she could there 3 mo when Prince took her home again where she now remains”

John Raymond was to settle wh Porter for Molly who has been with him & was to enter into a new agreem from last Jany upon Porter’s seeing him he said he wd purchase her Time & was to give £20 for her – Qu however the grounds of His fixing this Price the Girl is now 13 yr old & does a great deal of work & is reasonable at £3 for this year”

Altho' Tish was gone to live with her Husbd Sam Calhoun before the People’s shoes arrived yet as She had gone thro the Summers Work &c J Porter gave her a Pair of the Shoes &c same being marked for her in Augt he also gave her a Pair of Stockings – Memo Her Husbd therefore is to return her equally fitted in this respect

The last line notes that Porter informed him "there were but 16 pair of shoes sent up from Chester To[wnship?]."

Identifier

19747

Type

text

Creator

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

Date Created

1799-07-30

Format

manuscript

Is Part Of

Chew family papers (2050) | Box 775 | Folder 5

Spatial Coverage

Whitehall (De.)

Subject

Slavery--United States--History |Chew family

Extent

4 pages

Language

eng

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Item sets

Chew Family Papers