Correspondence and papers, 1821-1824
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Includes a bill of sale for Lucy, an enslaved girl, April 18, 1822, William Walton (St. Louis County, Missouri) to Mary A. Hamtramck; and bill of sale for Joe, an enslaved man, April 22, 1822, William H. Ashley (St. Louis, Missouri) to Mary A. Hamtramck. A letter (November 9, 1824) from James Pindall to Walter B. Selby (Shepherdstown, Virginia), discusses the status of three enslaved children (unnamed) in whom Selby had some kind of legal and/or financial interest. The children in question had been enslaved by Jacob Israel and deeded to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Turner. Pindall discusses the possibility of selling the children, noting the market was weak in his location and "sending them down the river" might bring a better price.
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