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Auction: 320 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and the Forest Park Collection
Lot: 1871

Slavery; Civil War. Pair of Alabama ledger accounts: Lawrence or Wilcox Co., estate of Lewis L. Langham deceased, executor's summary, 1 1/8th page, for period 1855-1862, with various entries (1860-1862) for the hire and interest on the "negro boy Bob…Tom…" and the "negro girl Rachel"; Wilcox County, March 13, 1865 --one page account, on narrow, cropped blue paper, of the hiring out, after the Emancipation Proclamation, of slaves from the estate of Everett Watson: "Peter…Tom…Puss…Mimi…Jane…Nance…Morris." Entry for each, naming to whom they were hired out and the fee. Very Good-Fine. [2]

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