Payment receipt for room and board provided by Mary R. Carter
date: label: Date
content: September 12, 1829
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 is document is a payment request and receipt for W. Robert Hord for room and board provided by Mary R. Carter. The itemized accounting lists "Board of Lady, Self, Child, three (3) young ladies, and two (2) Servants." The total amount due came to ten (10) dollars and was payed in full September 12, 1829. The receipt is signed by Charles S. Carter for Mary R. Carter. The document is written in black ink and there are vertical red lines on the paper. There is no writing on the reverse.
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: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Travel
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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: 2011.104.78
objectType: label: Type
content: financial records
label: Type
content: invoices
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: 3 x 6 1/4 in. (7.6 x 15.9 cm)