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640 1829-1830. Martha McCrary Guardianship Report for Orphans and Boarders VF to EF $35.00

12½ x 7½ inches. Very Fine to Extremely Fine, old folds. Meticulously written record concludes with hiring payments received for 13 slaves, beginning with ''...Old Peter a man to Saml. Stewart $65, Young Peter, $71 to Jonathan McCrary'' down to ''John to R. Fitzpatrick, 9.00.''
641 Oct. 23, 1835. (no locale). Receipt from Estate of Samuel Todd, Deceased CH VF $100.00

Executors Eli King and Charles B. Hodges. 192 x 95mm. Choice Very Fine, four folds. Handwritten document records receipt of ''one negro named David, the property of Martha J. Cobb, hier (sic) to said estate.'' Signed Wm. Sawyer, Guardian.
642 1852 (no locale). Hire Receipt for Unnamed Negro, Estate of O.P. Vincent by A VF $55.00

Christian. 195 x 114mm. Very Fine, several folds. Records $60 for the hire, $15 for three months' board at $5 per month, Jan. 1, 1852 to Dec. 31, 1853, apparently for service to household of A. Christian and spouse C.A. Christian. Sharp and clear.
643 Oct. 21, 1853. Upson County, Georgia VF to EF $75.00

Inventory & Appraisement of the Estate of Hopkins Daniel, Deceased. 2 handwritten pages, 8 x 12 inches. Very Fine to Extremely Fine, slight fading. 16 entries open with ''No. 1. John negro Fellow, $1.000,'' followed by 140 acres of land, livestock and sundries, furnitures and tools. 3 folds.
644 Dec. 31, 1853. Slave Hire Promissory Note VF $70.00

117 x 115mm. Very Fine or better. G.B. Williams and James Dykes promise to pay $190 to George Walker Jr. ''for the hire of Peter a man and to furnish said negro with three suits of clothes, two summer, one woolen for winter, hat, blanket and shoes.''
645 1854 through 1857. Talbot County, Georgia F to VF $75.00

Expense Record of the County Mill between B.W. Jackson and James Adams. Fine to Very Fine. Nine pages handwritten in black ink, each roughly 6 x 16 inches (37 x 14 centimeters). Listed are food supplies, notably bacon, ''corn and foder (sic),'' blacksmith and blasting work, pay for various hired hands. Specified for the slaves are clothing and foodstuffs including ''corn in the mill...  more
646 May 9, 1857 (no locale). Medical Treatment Payment to J.G VF $35.00

Bytherwood from Estate of Stephen Palmer, Deceased, J.L. Benson, Administrator. 192 x 113mm. Very Fine or better. Handwritten record of $23 payment. June service, ''to call, visit at night to negro man, counsel & medicine.'' October, ''visit to negro opening abscess...'' Last item ''to services & medicine for Mrs. Martha.'' Cryptic handwriting adds to this item's interest.
647 Dec. 27, 1858. Expense Return Report, Estate of Drury Gilbert, Deceased CH VF $25.00

232 x 190mm. Choice Very Fine, four folds. Includes six hires for ''boy Peter,'' at $1.50 per day, a relatively high wage, apparently for skilled labor in a smithy. Accuracy of the accounting was sworn by apparently illiterate James Pearce with ''his Mark R.''
648 Feb. 20, 1860. Record of Sale of Estate of Joshua H. Riggins, Deceased EF $100.00

8 x 12 inches, blue paper with 7 pages inscribed. Extremely Fine. Some 184 entries range from real estate to barrels of corn, sows and shoats to ''Hogs in the mountains'' and ''Hire of Negroes from the 1st day of January until the 1st Tuesday in Feby. 1860, George a Man, Joe a Boy, Peter a Man, Tom ditto... $41.25.''
649 March 10, 1859. Promissory Note for Hire of the Boy Wallace EF $75.00
March 10, 1859. Promissory Note for Hire of the Boy Wallace. 205 x 82mm. Extremely Fine. Black imprint,...
205 x 82mm. Extremely Fine. Black imprint, vignette of blacksmith leaning of anvil, printed by L.S. Learned, Cambridgeport, Mass. Payable to B.H Allen for hire of slave boy through Jan. 1, 1860, ''with the usual clothing.''
650 Dec. 13-14, 1859. Upson County, Georgia VF to EF $100.00

Sale of the Perishable Property of Thomas W. Riviere, Deceased. 8 x 12-inch blue pages. Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Handwritten listing of 352 entries, including furniture, tableware, tools, firearms, barrels of corn, mules, oxen, cattle, swine. Following these are 31 slaves for hire, listed by name, sex and rental, such as ''man Elias & his family, $25.00... Buck & Wife Amanda, $205.00.''...  more
651 July 15, 1863. Upson County, Georgia. Expense Account of Andrew Riviere to F VF $75.00

Riviere. 178 x 140 mm. Very Fine. Includes such items as ''1 pair shose (sic), 1 quire paper, Provisions furnished negro woman Amanda an (sic) 3 children, 23 bls. Meal, 56½ lbs bacon, 43 lbs pork.''
652 1865. Upson County, Georgia VF $35.00

Petition to Court of Ordinary of Executor of the Estate of Anderson Worthy, Deceased. 220 x 173mm. Very Fine. Includes ''James W. Herring Executor holds certain Negro property and other property belonging to said estate...'' and requests the Court to authorize three or more Freeholders to ''to divid (sic) and distribute to each of the legatees their respective shares of said Negros...  more
653 March 7, 1865. Upson County, Georgia VF $35.00

Account Statement of the Estate of Abner McCoy, Deceased, J. & H.C. McCoy, Executors. 242 x 205mm. Very Fine, 4 old folds.. Includes hires of seven slaves at varying rates, ''hire of Calvin to Mrs. Worthy, $150... Caroline to Jas. F. Lewis, 10.00... One Can Lard, 220.00.''
654 May 22, 1865. Marengo County, Alabama. Contract between Myself [J VF $35.00

Weaver] and Bearer, Jeff. 203 x 170mm. Very Fine, 3 horizontal folds. Stipulates that Jeff (no last name) ''agrees to hire himself and family to me... at the rate of six dollars for himself per month Fannie and child, little Jeff, Rainey & Dick board. He is to pay $1.50 per month for each of three young children... All lost time to be deducted... He has the privilege of raising chickens...  more
655 Complimentary Dinner Tendered to Register of the United States Treasury the Hon AB EF $35.00

Judson Whitlock Lyons of Georgia, Banquet Invitation and Menu, May 19, 1898. 170 x 136mm, 4-pages coated stock with engraving of the honoree, a signatory of U.S. paper money. About Extremely Fine. The roster of African-American dignitaries presented begins with one of the most famous Reconstruction era statesmen, Hon. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and includes dozens of significant...  more
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