Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee
date: label: Date
content: October 23, 1825
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 tax account and payment receipt for Edward Rouzee for the year 1825.The taxable property is listed as "454 acres and 293 acres of land, 27 slaves, 10 horses, and 2 gigs, 25 levies. The total amount owed is fifty-four (54) dollars and forty-nine (49) cents. The document is signed at the bottom right by Thomas Matthews. On the back is a note with the amount and the date October 23, 1825. Both sides are in black ink. The bottom edge of the paper is torn unevenly.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
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: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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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: 2011.104.49
objectType: label: Type
content: financial records
label: Type
content: tax records
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: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (13.3 x 21 cm)