Hiring out agreement for an African-American family, 31 December 1821
Item
Title
Hiring out agreement for an African-American family, 31 December 1821
Description
A one year hiring out agreement for an African-American family (Harry, Fanny, and Isaac) for $115. The agreement specifies the clothing required to be provided for the family.
Creator
Source
Corlis Family Papers, 1757-1852, Filson Historical Society
Date
Relation
bmf0041
Type
Identifier
Mss. A C799
Text
Bourbon 31 Decr 1821
For value received in the hire of Harry,
Fanny & boy Isaac from this day untill 25 day
of December next I promise to pay John Cockrell
[??], one hundred & fifteen dollars on the said
25 Decr. 1822 in Current money for three years
wages and to clothe them as follows two linen
shirts, two linen pantaloons, one suit [?] one pair
shoes one wool hat one pair socks for Harry, two shifts
two linen frocks one linsey frocks one pr shoes one pair
stockings for Fanny the boy to be also clothed
$115 Dollrs
Jh Arles to John Cockrell - Do
1822
Jany I To hire my black man Harry
for one year from this day also | Doles (?)
my woman Fanny for one year | 102
also my boy Isaac for one year
sideways - Mr. Cockrel Recth
1 Jany 1822
? Hary Fanny
wages __
Due payment in full this day
taking on myself the ____ of the above negroes
running away
John Cockrell
___ jan Mr C an obligation for the clothes which
_____ taken up at Christmas
For value received in the hire of Harry,
Fanny & boy Isaac from this day untill 25 day
of December next I promise to pay John Cockrell
[??], one hundred & fifteen dollars on the said
25 Decr. 1822 in Current money for three years
wages and to clothe them as follows two linen
shirts, two linen pantaloons, one suit [?] one pair
shoes one wool hat one pair socks for Harry, two shifts
two linen frocks one linsey frocks one pr shoes one pair
stockings for Fanny the boy to be also clothed
$115 Dollrs
Jh Arles to John Cockrell - Do
1822
Jany I To hire my black man Harry
for one year from this day also | Doles (?)
my woman Fanny for one year | 102
also my boy Isaac for one year
sideways - Mr. Cockrel Recth
1 Jany 1822
? Hary Fanny
wages __
Due payment in full this day
taking on myself the ____ of the above negroes
running away
John Cockrell
___ jan Mr C an obligation for the clothes which
_____ taken up at Christmas
Collection
Citation
Corlis family, “Hiring out agreement for an African-American family, 31 December 1821,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 23, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/5164.