Receipts for expenses associated with the capture and enslavement of Jim, 1865 :manuscript.

Item Info

Title:
Receipts for expenses associated with the capture and enslavement of Jim, 1865 :manuscript.
Date:
May 15, 1865
Contributor:
Description:

  • Summary: Three receipts documenting money received from J.W. Butler, the clerk of Adair County, Kentucky related to the enslavement of Jim. William T. Smyth, the jailer of Adair County, received "seventy five dollars and 90 cents" for "keeping & dieting Jim". Y.E. Hurt, the sheriff of Adair County, received "eight dollars & 77 cents" in full of [his] commission for making sale of Jim." William Morrison received "twenty dollars in full of [his] fee for arresting Jim".

  • Title devised by cataloger.

  • Receipts to William T. Smyth and J.E. Hunt printed on single leaf.

  • Formerly known as: Receipt from William Morrison for W. Butler, $20, for advertising Jim, a runaway slave.

  • Receipt to William Morrison dated May 15, 1865. Receipts to William T. Smyth and J.E. Hunt dated June 20, 1865.

  • Versos of item blank.

Subject:
Format:
Publisher:
Adair County, Kentucky, 1865.
Language:
English
Digital Collection:
American Slavery Documents
Source Collection:
American slavery documents collection, 1757-1878 and undated
Series:
Slavery Series
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
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Identifier:
  • 010144814
  • 99c1ebb4367ebacf5e94b465878822d2
  • americanslaverydocs
  • duke:324313
  • asdsi002075
  • ark:/87924/r4ff3mg4c
  • e4a36404-eacc-47a4-adf4-d0ce0455b506
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