Receipt for purchase of a man named Ned by Edward Rouzee from an estate sale
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- September 18, 1817
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (27 x 19.1 cm)
- Caption
- This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
- Description
- A receipt written by Th. Matthews for the payment by Mr. Edward Rouzee of the amount of twenty (20) dollars for "his purchase of Ned at the sale of Henry [illegible] Estate." A one-page, single-sided document of handwritten black ink on paper. The paper is torn along the bottom edge.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place made
- Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Rouzee Family Papers
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.