Description
"Note, $175.00 for hire of male slave named Abe. Note lists clothing defendants would provide to slave." Plaintiff states that Defendants by their certain obligation in writing herewith filed dated January 1860 promised for value received to pay Plaintiff on the 1st day of January 1861 the sum of $175.00 with interest from due at 10% per annum till paid, which .... are yet due Plaintiff and for which she prays judgment. "We, this day, hire of Polly Skinner a negro man named Abe for the year 1860 for which negro we agree to pay $175.00. We agree to clothe said boy as follows: Two summer suits, two winter suits, two pair shoes, one pair boots, one cap and blanket; also pay tax, Doctor bills and lease all time in case of sickness and deliver said boy to Polly Skinner on or before the 25th of December 1860. This note due Jan. the first 1861 and to bear ten percent from due till paid.”Date(s) of Creation
4/10/1861
