Description
Includes a certificate for militia duty, a marriage license (Photostat), correspondence (concerning typhus fever outbreak among enslaved individuals on the plantation), and a legal complaint by William Patterson against Thomas M. Alexander for profane swearing. Named individuals in these documents include William Patterson, Captain James Dunn, Thomas M. Alexander, G.L. Gibson, B. Arendell, and R.L. McGuinis.
Manuscripts (Documents)Legal Documents1 Folder Image/Tiff
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North Carolina Digital Heritage CenterKeywords
- Armies
- Farm Management
- Patterson, William, 1806 1886
- Plantation Life
- Plantation Owners
- Slaveholders
- Slaver
- Slavery
- Slaves
- Swearing