Joseph Bacon letter to Nancy "Ann" Binney Hull Hickman about housing for Othello "Tillo" Freeman and receipts, 1847

Containers:
Box 5, Folder 10
Language:
English
Scope and content:

Letter from the Hickman's accountant, Joseph Bacon, that Othello "Tillo" Freeman, who was enslaved by the Hull and Mead family, was removed from the Mclellan household (sister of "Ann" Nancy Binney Hickman) and was being boarded at Mr. White's. He writes that Tillo cannot do any work,is not well, and needs medical attention. Mr. White wants more money to board and take care of him.

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
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