Sujet

Payment receipt for apprehending Braxton, property of Edward Rouzee, September 16, 1829. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

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. A one page legal document drafted by hand in ink by Richard Rouzee, Justice of the Peace for Essex County, Virginia, granting payment to Silas Goulding of Essex County for apprehending the enslaved man "Braxton," believed to be the property of Edward Rouzee. Braxton was found on the plantation of Robert P. Waring. At the bottom left of the document is the calculation that $5.00 be paid to Goulding for apprehension and an additional $0.60 for the distance of six miles between the place of apprehension and the plantation of Edward Rouzee. At the bottom right is the elaborate signature of Richard Rouzee. The document is dated September 16, 1825.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_460

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

95,0Mo (3,2Mo) / 47,2cm x 50,5cm / 5570 x 5960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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