Anonymous planter ledger

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Manuscript Collections Anonymous planter ledger

Description

Anonymous planter ledger, 1848-1849. 1 volume. Location: Misc:A. Plantation ledger, possibly kept by Abraham Lobdell, a West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana planter. Ledger records payments for services, goods, and taxes on land. Included are entries recording slave births and deaths, medical bills, gifts to the Protestant Episcopal Church, and goods sold to slaves on credit. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2905.

Manuscript Number

Mss. 2905

Manuscript Topic

Religion

Plantations

African Americans

Medicine

Record Type

Manuscript Collections

Year

1848

Page URL: https://lib.lsu.edu/special/manuscripts/guides/anonymous-72

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