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1846 “Negro blankets” for Virginia slave-owner -
1846 “Negro blankets” for Virginia slave-owner -
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Title: 1846 letter “Negro blankets” for Virginia slave-owner who may have been murdered by his slave
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Date Published: 1846
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T.L.Claiborne. Autograph Document Signed. No place (Virginia?), Dec. 1845-Feb. 1847, receipt for goods sold to James Catlet, including Glenrock Jeans, Ticking material, and "Negro Blankets". 1pg., 6 x 7.5"



Catlett may have been the "brilliant, handsome and rich" young college graduate who was murdered by his favorite slave in Gloucester County, Virginia, in September 1848, a year after this receipt was signed.

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1846 “Negro blankets” for Virginia slave-owner -

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