Receipt for "the carriage of two familyes sic of negroes to Culpeper"
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- January 1808
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 4 x 7 1/2 in. (10.2 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
- This half size, single page, double-sided handwritten document is a payment receipt received from Apphia Rouzee, executrix of Richard Rouzee, for "the carriage of two familyes [sic] of negroes to Culpepper." The document is dated January 1808. A second note at the bottom is dated April 27, 1808. Writing on the reverse side notes the amount due was paid out as thirty (30) dollars cash in July of that year.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place depicted
- Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- 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
- 2011.104.39
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.