Benjamin Chew to George Ford mentioning death of Negro Boy Jacob, January 30, 1790
Item
- Title
- Benjamin Chew to George Ford mentioning death of Negro Boy Jacob, January 30, 1790
- Description
- Note thanking Ford for informing Chew of the death of "poor Sol Basket (sp?) and Negro Boy Jacob". He continues by expressing hope that the person Ford hires to replace them "to do the remainder of the work to my barn is a good workman & will do the business faithfully otherwise I shall be much displeased with him." Chew notes that the crop of corn produced will be more than enough to support his "Negro's & stock the coming year".
- Identifier
- 6051-5
- Type
- text
- Creator
- Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810
- Date Created
- 1790-01-30
- Format
- manuscript
- Is Part Of
- Chew family papers (2050) | Box 773 | Folder 25
- Spatial Coverage
- Whitehall (De.)
- Subject
- Slavery--United States--History |Chew family
- Extent
- 2 pages
- Language
- eng
- Rights
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- Item sets
- Chew Family Papers
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