James Bishop letter to Hartwell Marable, 1768 August 27

Mentions that Marable will not find him an enslaved boy to wait on him in return for a share of corn. Discusses livestock and corn. Says he will kill livestock that was part of the bargain to kill. Says Marable should come around and stop relying on neighbors for information about the plantation. “I desire you will come yourself or send a white steward fore if you send your steward again I will t[ie] him up and give him fifty lashes as hard as I can stroke and as my word can‘t be taken before a Negro‘s you may supply yourself with another man …”