Account book, tobacco book, negros the property of Robert Peter taken November, lots in the city of Washington

Containers:

Box 37

Creator:

Peter, Robert, 1726-1806

Extent:

178 pages

Scope and content:

Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.

Subjects:

Slavery
Real property

Names:

Peter, Robert, 1726-1806

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