NEWMAN, S. B. ALS to H. M. Markham Esq. of Vicksburg, MS. Natchez, MS, 16 May 1846.

2 pages, on bifolium, 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. Address panel on terminal leaf.

In his letter, Newman addresses some apparent discrepancies involving the sale of 22 enslaved people. He then lists the names of the enslaved persons who were sold, writing, "The Negroes are named as follows: Anna, Harriett, Sally, Gidy, Jane, Harriett, Joseph, Daniel, Haney, Ona, Martin, Robert, Arthur, Jacob, Rhoda, Dick, Amos / And Mabia, Una, Bonaparte, Milly, and Eliza, which last named five I think are the slaves not sold by the Sheriff, as the other seventeen on the execution have a pencil mark under their names, which the five have not."

Newman then writes that part of the issue with the discrepancies is that there was a lack of proper recording of the proceedings. He writes, "There is nothing on record to show why they were not sold, or what ever became of them - the whole proceedings are made in a careless and unsatisfactory manner. I cannot inform you anything about the manner of sale or number of persons present, or even the price each negro brought."