Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Mary Burt receipt issued to Henry Griffith for the hire of Sam, 1825 May 28

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Mary Burt receipt issued to Henry Griffith for the hire of Sam, 1825 May 28

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Receipt issued by Mary Burt to Henry Griffith for the renting Sam, an enslaved man, for the year 1824.

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[Recto]

May 28th. 1825   Then Received of Henry Griffith
the sum of 8 dollars ^ it being my
proportion of the Hire of Sam
for the year 1824

Mary Burt

[Verso, blank]

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Ink on paper

Citation

Burt, Mary, “Mary Burt receipt issued to Henry Griffith for the hire of Sam, 1825 May 28,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 9, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/2131.
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