Receipt for $300 for the sale of a 13-year-old Negro slave girl named Martha Ann from Orin Smith to Jno. C. Swon of St. Louis. Document is dated Newport, Kentucky. Witness, Wm. C. Kennett. Signed Orin Smith and Saml. T. Smith. [gift of Miss Lucy S. Kennett], 1835 Jan 29

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: D01357

Staff Only

Receipt for $300 signed Orin Smith and Saml. T. Smith, January 29, 1835

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Slaves and Slavery Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. Approximately half of the documents in the collection are receipts for sales of slaves, some of which were recorded in various courts. The collection also includes deeds of emancipation; personal correspondence; and broadsides offering rewards for the capture of runaway slaves.