Summary of transaction:
Content:
- Receipt for purchase of a slave named Billy Lorimer by J.T Roman. Paid $800 Richmond, Va. Aug. 22, 1839;
- August 17 1820, Statement from A.B Roman in French.;
- August 4, 1829 Receipt for payment by J.T Roman for a slave (?). $6 (French);
- August 8, 1834 Slave sale. J.T buys a slave, Mehata from Francois Gueriny(sp?) Felix Grima, Felix Jean Forstall and charles Edouard Forstall in French;
- March 7, 1839 Bill of sale for a 30 y/old slave, Warner;
- February 11, 1839 Bill of sale for 35 y/old slave, Madison. $420
- 1836-1840 Bill to J.T Roman (French)
- March 25, 1839 bill of sale for a 30 y/old slave, Sarah, $500
- April 17, 1839 Bill of sale for a 23 y/old slave, Joseph and Alice, age 20 (French);
- 1839 holding pen slip for a slave named Baptiste?(French);
- April 21, 1839 Arrest slip(?) for Joseph and Alexis (French);
- April 18, 1839 Bill of sale for a mulatto, 24 y/old slave named Susan. $1350;
Reference source:
Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, LaRC 179 Roman Family Papers, Box 3, Folder 12a