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Slave bills of sale -- Specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lewis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-LewisF
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, personal materials, genealogical research, and photographs of the Lewis and related families collected by Louise Lewis, sister of Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1775-1977; Majority of material found within 1850-1950

Waller Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract

Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander

Dates: 1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888