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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04128.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1857 |
| Title | Check promising payment of $124 |
| Date | 7 April 1857 |
| Author | Payne, Thomas N. (fl. 1857) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Payne promises to pay the sum to Waddell, Russell, & Co. (William Bradford Waddell, William Hepburn Russell, and Alexander Majors). |
| Subjects | Slavery Emancipation Manumission African American History Finance |
| People | Payne, Thomas N. (fl. 1857) Russell, William Hepburn (1812-1872) Waddell, William Bradford (1807-1872) Majors, Alexander (1814-1900) |
| Place written | Lexington, Missouri |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Waddell, Russell, & Co. started as a shipping company in 1854. Through a War Department contract, the firm soon gained a monopoly in the shipping business in western Missouri. In 1860, the firm established the Pony Express to provide weekly mail service between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Emancipation of Hiram, a slave |