Fuqua, John H: Receipt for purchase of a Negro slave, Lynchburg, Virginia
Item — Container: Manuscripts (not separately boxed) - 1
Identifier: MS 0040
Scope and Contents
Receipt in the amount of US$1,560 for the purchase of a "sound and healthy" slave named Neptune, by Nathan C. Taliaferro from John H. Fuqua.
Dates
- March 7, 1863
Biographical Note
Extent
0.04 Linear Feet (1 folder containing 1 item ; 10 x 20 cm.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Neptune, slave. Receipt for his purchase in Lynchburg, Virginia in March 1863 by Nathan C. Taliaferro from John H. Fuqua.
- Mount Holyoke College Manuscript Collections Subject Source: Local sources
- Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slavery -- Virginia -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- legal instruments Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- receipts (financial records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Receipt for purchase of a Negro slave, Lynchburg, Virginia, 7 March 1863.
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Repository
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50 College Street
8 Dwight Hall
South Hadley MA 01075-6425 USA
413-538-3079
archives@mtholyoke.edu
