Payment receipt for the hiring of enslaved persons owned by Apphia Rouzee
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- January 2, 1802
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (15.9 x 21 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
- This payment receipt describes the amount and method of payment given to Mrs. Apphia Rouzee by Mr. William Noel for "Negroe Hire" for the year 1801 and prior to 1801 by Mr. Evan Brown. A one page, single-sided document of faded black ink handwritten on paper. On the back of the document is written "Evan Brown."
- 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 Manuscripts
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.