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Letter to John C. Bullitt and Joshua Bullitt from Martha Bullitt includes mention of the hanging of Jim and Jack, two enslaved brothers, May 26th, 1840.
A letter from Martha Bullitt (Louisville) to her brothers Joshua and John (Danville), dated May 26th, 1840. Martha Bullitt tells them about some enslaved people starting a hemp house fire, and that the evidence against them was strong enough "to have them hung; poor fellows." No names are explicitly mentioned, but research indicates these enslaved men were Jim and Jack, brothers. Jack's enslaver was named Mr. Hikes, and Jim's enslaver is unclear. -
Letter to John C. Bullitt from Martha B. Bullitt mentioning Lucinda, March 6th, 1841.
A letter from Martha Bullitt (Louisville) to John C. Bullitt (Danville), dated March 6th, 1841. Martha mentions that their mother, Mildred Ann Bullitt, and Lucinda, an enslaved woman, are making molasses. She also mentions the hemp house. -
Letter to John C. Bullitt from Martha Bullitt concerning Samuel and Frank, two men enslaved by the Bullitt family, September 8th, 1841.
A letter from Martha Bullitt (Oxmoor) to her brother John C. Bullitt (Danville), dated September 8th, 1841. Martha Bullitt mentions that Samuel, a man enslaved by the Bullitt family, had "invented a new puzzle out of a piece of leather and two sticks - quite ingenious it is too.” She also says Frank is healing from an illness previously described in a letter to John from August 2nd, 1841. -
Letter to John C. Bullitt from Martha Bullitt concerning the health of Charity, a woman enslaved by the Bullitt family, November 13th, 1845.
In a letter from November 13th, 1845, Martha Bullitt (at Oxmoor) writes to her brother John (in Clarksville) that "the darkies are all pretty well except Charity." -
Letter to John C. Bullitt from Martha Bullitt concerning Lucinda, a woman enslaved by the Bullitt family, March 6th, 1846.
In a letter from March 6th, 1846, Martha Bullitt (at Oxmoor) writes to her brother John (in Clarksville) about some of the people enslaved by the Bullitt family. Martha writes that Lucinda is at the sugar camp. Lucinda says the trees won't run well this year. -
Letter to John C. Bullitt from Martha Bullitt with a message from Louisiana Taylor, April 25th, 1846.
A letter from Martha Bullitt (Oxmoor) to her brother John C. Bullitt (Clarksville, Tennessee), dated April 25th, 1846. Martha relays a message Louisa Taylor, also referred to as mammy Teush, to John Bullitt. Martha writes, "Teush has just been in here, giving me a discourse on various subjects; she says 'Tell Mas' John to make haste and get married; she wants to sle him mightily.'" This letter was written a year before Martha Bullitt's death.