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    • Bill of Sale for Jane

    • Bill of Sale for Jane

    • Darden, John P.; Leatherman & Morgan (Firm: Vidalia, La.); African-Americans--Louisiana--Concordia Parish.; Slaves--Louisiana--Concordia Parish--Bills of sale.; Scales, Noah.; Vidalia (La.)--History.

    • Bill of sale from Leatherman & Morgan to John P. Darden for a slave woman named Jane. Transaction took place in Vidalia, Louisiana and was witnessed by R.C. Cawley and Noah Leavs.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Bill of Sale for 4 Teenagers

    • Bill of Sale for 4 Teenagers

    • Darden, John P.; Collier & Carter.; African-Americans--Mississippi.; Slaves--Mississippi--Bills of sale.

    • Bill of sale from Collier & Carter to John P. Darden for 4 slaves: Willis (age 18), Hariet (age 18), Mary (age 14), and Agnes (age 13).
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Bill of Sale from Sheriff

    • Bill of Sale from Sheriff

    • Darden, John P.; Laughman, Samuel.; Carradine & Newman (Firm: Jefferson County, Miss.); Darden, David M.; Darden, Samuel W.; Slaves--Mississippi--Jefferson County--Bills of sale.

    • Bill of sale from Jefferson County sheriff Sam Laughman to John P. Darden for 8 slaves sold at legal auction: Jake, wife Esther, and children Henry and Alexander; and Brister, wife Ann, and children Green and Margaret.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Bill of Sale from Sheriff

    • Bill of Sale from Sheriff

    • Darden, John P.; Laughman, Samuel.; Maunsel White & Co. (Firm: Jefferson County, Miss.); Darden, David M.; Slaves--Mississippi--Jefferson County--Bills of sale.

    • Bill of sale from Jefferson County sheriff Sam Laughman to John P. Darden for 3 slaves sold at legal auction: Henry, Sarah, and Caroline.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Bill of Sale for 4 Teenagers

    • Bill of Sale for 4 Teenagers

    • Darden, John P.; Browning, William H.; African-Americans--Mississippi--Claiborne County.; Slaves--Mississippi--Claiborne County--Bills of sale.

    • Bill of sale from William H. Browning to John P. Darden for four teenage slaves: Martha (age 17); Mary (age 17); Smith (age 15), and Emily (age 14). On the reverse, Darden relinquishes Mary, who 'proved defective.' Transactions took place in Port...
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Letter from State Auditor

    • Letter from State Auditor

    • Auditors--United States--History.; Taxation--Law and legislation.; Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.

    • Letter to M. A. Banks in Simpson County, Mississippi, from George T. Swann, the state auditor. Includes possible reference to President Zachary Taylor.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • James Knox diary

    • James Knox diary

    • Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...

    • Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 18 Bales Cotton

    • Aaron Spell Account 18 Bales Cotton

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Steamboats.; Pathfinder (Steamboat)

    • 4 November 1846 account for eighteen bales of cotton brought to New Orleans from Yazoo City on the steamboat Pathfinder and sold in New Orleans for Aaron Spell.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 24 Bales Cotton, 1846

    • Aaron Spell Account 24 Bales Cotton, 1846

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Pathfinder (Steamboat); Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.

    • 11 April 1846 account for twenty-four bales of cotton brought to New Orleans on the steamboat M.B. Hamer and sold in New Orleans for Aaron Spell.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 30 Bales Cotton, 1840

    • Aaron Spell Account 30 Bales Cotton, 1840

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Vicksburg (Steamboat); Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.

    • 16 March 2006 account for thirty bales of cotton brought from Manchester on the steamboat Vicksburg and sold in New Orleans for Aaron Spell.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 25 bales, 1843

    • Aaron Spell Account 25 bales, 1843

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Steamboats.; Missouri (Steamboat)

    • Cotton receipt from C. E. Mound for 25 bales cotton received on the steamboat Missouri, Vicksburg, sold for A. Spell to Herbault Brothers, Vienna Hallé Brokers, by A. M. Nathan and Alexander Harris on 20 January 1843.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 25 Bales, 1848

    • Aaron Spell Account 25 Bales, 1848

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Pat Henry (Steamboat)

    • 4 March 1848 cotton receipt from A. M. Nathan, for 25 bales cotton on Steamboat Pat Henry from Yazoo City, Mississippi, sold by A. M. Nathan and C. E. Mount. Second page is 18 June 1849 cotton receipt for 7 bales of cotton on Steamboat Hard Times...
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 4 Bales, 1842

    • Aaron Spell Account 4 Bales, 1842

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Algonquin (Steamboat)

    • 10 February 1842 receipt from Grayson Henry, Esquire to Charles E. Mount, Agent for 4 bales of cotton received from the steamer Algonquin and sold in New Orleans.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Bankruptcy Declaration, 1842

    • Aaron Spell Bankruptcy Declaration, 1842

    • Bankruptcy--Mississippi--Holmes County.; United States. District Court (Mississippi : Southern District)

    • Declaration of bankruptcy for A. Spell 20 February 1842, signed by District Judge Samuel J. Gholson, Jackson, Mississippi. Spell first filed for bankruptcy on 8 November 1842.
    • CHARM Digital Collection

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