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Lot 212
Sale 2070 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana
Lots Open
Feb 14, 2025
Lots Close
Feb 27, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$360
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Lot Description
[ENSLAVEMENT]. 1846 letter from LA wife asking for separation of property incl. 7 enslaved people.
Letter from Emily A. Stevens, addressed to "Messieurs Ammonet," Richmond, LA. 28 March 1842.
One page, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in., bifolium. Docketing to terminal leaf.
Ms. Stevens writes to "Messieurs Ammonet," asking to bring suit in the next available court term against John B. Stevens, her husband, "for a separation of property as he is insolvent." She explains that the property consists of "seven negroes" and a horse, then lists the enslaved persons by name and age.
A scarce antebellum letter from Richmond, Louisiana, a village approximately 30 miles across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States
This lot is located in Cincinnati.