Affidavit of Persis Lovely, March 15, 1832
Description
Affidavit of Persis Lovely concerning a negro given to Patsy Chisholm by Titus Ogden Chisholm. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 69
Dates
- Creation: March 15, 1832
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Folded: 12 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (31.8 × 18.4 cm) Overall: 12 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (31.8 × 36.8 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Affidavit
- manuscripts
- affidavits -- Affidavit
- archives -- archive
- clerical workers -- clerical worker -- clerical employees -- clericals -- clerks -- office employees -- office workers
- courts (judicial bodies) -- court -- tribunals
- judges -- judge
- laws (documents) -- Law
- slaves -- slave -- enslaved people
Geographic
Style / Period
- African American -- Afro-American -- black -- Negro
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- pre-Removal
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository