Excerpt from Durant H. Davis letter discussing an enslaved woman named "Mary."

Item

Title

Excerpt from Durant H. Davis letter discussing an enslaved woman named "Mary."

Creator

Durant H. Davis

Contributor

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Date

November 24, 1839

Description

Excerpt from November 24, 1839 Durant H. Davis letter to Ashbel Smith discussing an enslaved woman named "Mary."

Format

Still image

Identifier

https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/12820908

Language

en English

Rights

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Source

Durant H. Davis, Greensboro, Alabama, to Ashbel Smith, Houston, Texas (November 24, 1839). WA MSS S-3142 D2919, Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.

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