- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- November 16, 1826
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 4 x 8 in. (10.2 x 20.3 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 document is receipt for payment made by Mr. Edward Rouzee of the sum four (4) dollars and fifty (50) cents in full for the hire of an enslaved man owned by James Thomas for nine days to tread wheat by the estate of the late John Rouzee. The document is signed with an 'X' for James Thomas and witnessed by Richard Rouzee. The reverse reads "Thomas to Rouzee son / $4.50 / 16th Nov 1826." The document consists of a single half-size page; handwritten text in black ink on both sides.
- 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
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Business
- Finance
- Labor
- Men
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.