Financial and Legal Papers

Containers:

Box 17, Folder 5

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Scope and content:

Subjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the "North Wales" plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter (August 10, 1864); indenture concerning the former plantations and property of Williams Carter, Sr. including "North Wales" and "Broad Neck" (May 16, 1867); and payroll lists (April 1, 1868).

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