Payment receipt for $25 for bringing an enslaved man from Turks Island
date: label: Date
content: July 9, 1815
name: label: Owned by
content: Rouzee Family, American
notes: label: Caption
content: This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
label: Description
content: This handwritten, single page document is a payment receipt written by B.D. Letty that states that he recieved of Mr. Edward Rouzee twenty-five (25) dollars on account of Mr. James Spelman, for "bringing a negro man from Turks Island." Letty questions whether or not the amount should be twenty-five (25) or fifty (50) dollars but will wait until he receives further instructions from Spelman. At the bottom right is the signature of B.D. Letty. The opposite side of the documents notes that it was received. Both sides are in black ink.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Turks and Caicos Islands, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Illegal slave trade
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Rouzee Family Papers
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.104.42
objectType: label: Type
content: financial records
label: Type
content: receipts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (16.5 x 20 cm)