Letter to M. C. Taylor from T. Heatherly regarding the slave trade
date: label: Date
content: December 28, 1840
name: label: Received by
content: M. C. Taylor
label: Written by
content: T. Heatherly
notes: label: Description
content: This letter was written in Richmond, Virginia, on December 28, 1840, by T. Heatherly to Doctor M. C. Taylor of Richmond, Kentucky. Heatherly writes of purchasing one enslaved man for $630.00 whom he plans to sell in Kentucky for $800.00. He also lists current sale prices for women in Richmond, Virginia, noting they are very high. He writes in part, "I am not shure that it would not be as well to by boys as any thing I could git them home quicker and for less expence than any other discription" referencing enslaved young men and male children as having the best potential profit. The paper is folded in half and the letter is written on the right side of the front and reverse sides, with the address on the left side of the reverse. A postmark dated December 29 from Richmond, Virginia, is stamped in blue ink by the address.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, 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: Men
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: 2014.174.3.5
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 1/2 in. (25.1 × 39.4 cm)