Letter to Giles Saunders from Samuel M. Fox concerning the slave trade
date: label: Date
content: April 17, 1848
name: label: Received by
content: Giles Saunders, American, 1810 - 1895
label: Written by
content: Samuel M. Fox, American, 1806 - 1864
notes: label: Description
content: This letter was written in Madison County, Kentucky, on April 17, 1848, by Samuel M. Fox to Giles Saunders in Richmond, Virginia. Fox writes of his success in selling several enslaved people and about concerns of the prices for enslaved people around Lexington, Kentucky, due to the instability of the market price for cotton. The paper is folded in half with the right side having the correspondence and the left side the address. A postmark dated April 18 from Lexington, Kentucky, is stamped in blue ink over the address.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.174.3.1
objectType: label: Type
content: money
label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 7/8 × 15 3/4 in. (25.1 × 40 cm)