Claim by John Drew for expenses incurred while pursuing runaway Negroes, 1842
Item — Folder: 44
Identifier: 4026.1584.73
Description
Claim by John Drew for $351.80 for expenses incurred as captain of a company authorized to pursue certain runaway Negroes. Claim was approved by committee and council December 22, 1842. Folder 44
Dates
- Creation: 1842
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 1485 item(s)
Medium
ink on paper
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Claim
- manuscripts
- corn (seed)
- gunpowder -- black powder
- handcuffs -- handcuff
- horseshoes (animal equipment) -- horseshoe
- peas -- pea family
- slaves -- slave -- enslaved people
- stables -- stable
- tobacco
Geographic
Style / Period
- African American -- Afro-American -- black -- Negro
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Muscogee -- Mvsoke -- Creek (culture or style) -- Muskogee
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- post-Removal
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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