William Massie: "Crop Memorandum" plantation ledger, 1817-1844

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Title:
William Massie: "Crop Memorandum" plantation ledger, 1817-1844
Date:
1817 to 1844
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Description:
Bound volume, 173 pages, approximately 20x32cm, consisting of chronological entries by William Massie recording the various agricultural activities of the Pharsalia, Tyro, and Level Green plantation lands, with additional notes regarding weather or other events. Entries tend to be brief, for example: "Finished cutting the wheat" (1828 June 26). Some entries indicate which area of the plantation was being farmed, such as Newground, Old Ground, or various fields. Crops include wheat, oats, tobacco, apples, barley, clover, hemp, sweet potatoes; others entries record the killing of hogs, shearing sheep, and birth of foals. This book does not seem to include entries with names or groups of enslaved people, although their labor is indirectly implied. Later in the book, Massie began arranging entries by "Crop Memorandum," "Weather Memorandum," and "Orchard Memorandum."
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Format:
volumes (documents by form)
Language:
English
Digital Collection:
Massie family papers, 1766-1920s.
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000868025
Source Collection:
Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
Series:
Bound volumes, 1780-1862
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Identifier:
  • 94240e721ead565dd9c03d80ea3b0c5d
  • 000868025
  • massiefamily
  • mfpst003001
  • ark:/87924/r4348vd1m
  • 5d1c1560-460d-4dec-ab5d-c8afe413a556
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