Sale for Jim for $1000 (open access)

Sale for Jim for $1000

Receipt of payment in the amount of $1000 for the sale of a boy around 17 years old named Jim, sold as a slave by H.M McFarland to Michael Reed on December 22, 1855.
Date: December 22, 1855
Creator: McFarland, H.M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note for John B. Crowley] (open access)

[Promissory note for John B. Crowley]

Promissory note in the amount of $1425 promised by Michael Reed to John B. Crowley.
Date: June 20, 1855
Creator: Reed, Michael
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
John B. Crowley deed to Michael Reed for two negro girls (open access)

John B. Crowley deed to Michael Reed for two negro girls

Bill of sale for two girls, Elizabeth aged 16 and Mary aged 11, sold as slaves to Michael Reed by John B. Crowley.
Date: June 19, 1855
Creator: Crowley, John B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Asbury, from O. Fisher] (open access)

[Letter to Asbury, from O. Fisher]

Letter to Orceneth Asbury Fisher from his father, Orceneth Fisher telling of his arrival in San Francisco and his general impression of it.
Date: April 30, 1855
Creator: Fisher, Orceneth, 1803-1880
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note] (open access)

[Promissory note]

Promissory note from Thomas G[?]alen and John Null promising to pay Michael Reed in the amount of $25.
Date: March 8, 1855
Creator: Null, John & Galen, Thomas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Record of payment from Michael Reed for the imprisonment of a runaway slave named Edmond] (open access)

[Record of payment from Michael Reed for the imprisonment of a runaway slave named Edmond]

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed for jail and legal fees totaling $24.35, charged for the imprisonment of Edmond, a slave to Reed who had run away, and the release of Edmond back to Reed.
Date: February 23, 1855
Creator: Reed, Michael
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History