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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | William Page Saunders lives in New Orleans, La. The collection includes a bill of sale for a female slave named Emeline or Eveline from Lewis Brown of Missouri to William Page Saunders of New Orleans, 11 May 1854, and a letter, 26 April 1856, from F.L. Claiborne to Saunders. In the letter, Claiborne, who had purchased the slave in turn from Saunders, stated that she had a bad cough and a diseased leg, but that he intended to keep her and try to cure her. |
Creator | Saunders, William Page, fl. 1854-1856. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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William Page Saunders lives in New Orleans, La.
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