[ENSLAVEMENT]. Letter concerning the conveyance, insuring, and sale of slaves. Richmond, [VA], 1848.

EGGLESTON, J. E. ALS to "Messrs. Buckannon Carrol & Co." of New Orleans. Richmond, [VA], 24 November 1848.

1 1/4 pages, on bifolium, 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. Address panel on terminal leaf.

In part: "A friend of mine will ship in a few days four Negro Boys to New Orleans to the care of your house. Please take charge of them & ship them on the first safe Boat to Chula [sic] Holms [sic] County Mississippi to the care of Stansbuary & Williams...Should steam boats be running the Yelo Bushe ship them to Winter & Powell Troy. State in the bill of Laden [sic] the amount to be paid for the passage of the Negroes. You will pay the expences [sic] on them while in the city & charge the amount to JE & WC Eggleston. I shall pay there [sic] passage to New Orleans and have them insured. Please write and let us no [sic] as soon as you receive them and what time thay [sic] will be at Tchula...Owing to the low pricse [sic] of cotton I determined to purchis [sic] no more negroes at preasant [sic]. Thay are selling too high for the prospect of the price of cotton."

This letter provides evidence of the utilization of steamboats in transporting enslaved persons from "upper southern" states such as Virginia to the "deep south."

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Ephemeral Americana and Historical Documents

This lot is located in Cincinnati.