Papers, 1847-1899.

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Papers, 1847-1899.

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Letters from James P. Tarry, owner of the plantation in Perry Co., Ala., where Wood was employed, containing information on current prices of slaves and repeated injunctions (1851-1854) that Wood should not whip slaves; correspondence after 1855 relating to Wood's work in a commission house in Cahaba, Ala., and containing references to prices and markets for slaves and cotton; and bills, tax assessments, promissory notes, prices current, communications from commission merchants around Mobile, Ala., and other business papers after 1861 relating to Wood's activities as a cotton planter and collector in Gay's Landing, Ala. Includes account books.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Wood, Samuel O.

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Plantation overseer, agent for commission merchant and planter. From the description of Papers, 1847-1899. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20274278 ...

Tarry, James P.

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