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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09302.59 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Woodson Johnson |
| Title | Receipt or part of a letter at one point |
| Date | 30 May 1865 |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Looks as though it was used as scrap paper. Math problems on back. |
| Subjects | Slavery African American History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Finance Commerce Business and Finance Money |
| People | Johnson, Woodson (fl. 1820-1864) |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | The Woodson Johnson collection contains dozens of letters, and slave bills of sale from tobacco planter and slave dealer in Pittsylvania Co., Va., and Rockingham Co., N.C. Archive includes: Johnson's ledger book from the 1850s, recording debts for various plantation items as well as household goods, sales of tobacco and brandy, and dozens of entries re hiring of negro slaves, expenses, recording labor usage, etc. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |