Two autograph letters, signed, regarding business matters, including the buying and selling of slaves. The first letter, from G.L. Ellis to his cousin William D. Ellis, is dated Adams Run, S.C., July 8, 1852 and addressed to Charleston, S.C.; in it G.L. Ellis complains that a recently bought woman has died and asks William to find him a replacement, then goes on in accusatory fashion, "I am in this matter plain-- I have suffered by you and am now suffering from following your advice. " The second letter, dated New Orleans, October 6, 1857, is from William D. Ellis to Z.B. Oakes, a Charleston broker and auctioneer, regarding the sale of a number of skilled slaves, as well as the current conditions for the sale of cotton and sterling bills.
