Note to George Ford from Benjamin Chew on shipment of clothing for enslaved people, May 20, 1790
Item
- Title
- Note to George Ford from Benjamin Chew on shipment of clothing for enslaved people, May 20, 1790
- Description
- Detailed list of clothing for enslaved people of Whitehall, including Aaron, Yarm, David, Sukey, Peg, Beck, Ruth, and unnamed children. Chew lists shirts for seven men, one pair of "trowsers [sic] cut out for a pattern", 15 yards of linen, "trowsers" for six negro men, seven women's shifts, and seven petticoats. He states that either he or his son will be arriving in Kent soon.
- Identifier
- 6051-8
- Type
- text
- Creator
- Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810
- Date Created
- 1790-05-20
- 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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