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Bill of Sale of one Negro boy named Parker by Girt Jolly to John Drew. The Bill of Sale's total is $400. Folder 76

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Bill of Sale of one Negro slave for $400 by Rachel Rodgers to Drew & Fields. The man's name was Billy. Folder 64

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Josephine Neale, guardian of the minor heir of John Sheppard, sold one Negro man named Coffee who was 23 to 24 years old to Charlotte Drew. Folder 261

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Fragment of a bill of sale of a Negro slave girl names Lisey from John McIntosh of the Cherokee Nation to James McDaniel for $250.00. Folder 16

Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This collection of papers contains a declaration of citizenship to John W. Swain in the Cherokee Nation (1882), a letter signed by D.W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokees, a letter to Rebecca Swain from Senator Robert Owen, letters regarding family matters, a divorce decree, bills of sale, etc.

Scope and Contents The Moran Papers comprise handwritten and typewritten primary sources as well as typed transcriptions of these sources. The collection includes correspondence, account books, published and unpublished manuscripts, autobiographical and biographical sketches, miscellaneous notes, published and unpublished articles, drafts of articles and manuscripts, diaries, newspaper and periodical clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and inventories of paintings and etchings, all related to the life and...

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Folder 8