- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- April 14, 1804
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 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 payment receipt for Mr. Edward Rouzee from Mrs. Mary Smith regarding the amount of twenty (20) dollars paid by Mrs. Smith for "services rendered to a negro woman belonging to said Rouzee." The document is signed in the bottom left corner by an agent for Mary Smith. The document is handwritten in brown ink. The paper has been folded once vertically and once horizontally.
- 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
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Business
- Finance
- Labor
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




