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Box 3759.001

 Container

Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:

Legal documents (Indentures)

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861

Legal documents (Power of Attorney and Power of Attorney)

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861

Promissory notes

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861

Land grant and deed

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861

Tax receipts

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861

Bills of sale for slaves

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861

Receipts and bills of lading

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861

Cotton sales receipts

 File — Box: 3759.001, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Over one hundred documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of brothers William and Crawford L. Brown. The documents include bills of sale for slaves; receipts for clothing, dry goods, and tool repair; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; bills of lading for cotton bales; and business letters.
Dates: 1834-1861