Tax record book kept by Hugh Torrance
date: label: Date
content: 1852-1864
name: label: Written by
content: Hugh Torrance, American, born 1810
notes: label: Description
content: Leather bound volume containing tax records of enslaver Hugh Torrance including years from 1852 to 1864. The text "Hugh Torrance / Tax Book" is handwritten in black ink on the front cover. The approximately twenty (20) interior pages are ruled and filled out with handwritten records in graphite and black ink. Information includes the taxable property of Torrance and some others, including enslaved people and taxes paid to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. A child named Minnie May Wellford appears to have later used the book to practice penmanship, with her name and a Memphis address written in graphite on the back pages. Some pages are loose from the binding and at least one appears to be out of the original order.
place: label: Place used
content: Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.166.36.1
objectType: 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 and graphite on paper, leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 7 1/4 × 5 × 3/16 in. (18.4 × 12.7 × 0.5 cm)