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Title
Letter from Jack Avery to Daniel Dudley Avery, November 21, 1865
Description
A letter from son to father discusses conditions on the Petit Anse plantation and arrangements for hiring laborers. According to Jack Avery, a Mr. Hayes "only wishes to hire three of his hands and says that we are at liberty to make arrangements with the others for their labor." He believed that "all of our negroes will stay," but he would not know for certain until Monday. Jack also mentions that Sam and [Aunty?] "desire to return here to work."
Source
Avery Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series J, Part 5, Reel 11, Frames 721-722
Publisher
Published here by W. Caleb McDaniel
Date
November 21, 1865
Rights
This item is published solely for personal research and nonprofit educational use under the terms of fair use. No copyright in the item is asserted or implied by its publication here.
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
EA06660C-C3ED-427B-B4BE-95730F5A9511