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[6 Cards from "72 Pictured Party Stunts"]

Six cards taken from a 1930s party game called "72 Pictured Party Stunts." Each card has an illustration and lists an action or activity that is stereotypical or attributed to a particular ethnic group. The backs of the cards are decorated with a geometric design in blue, with a portrait of a woman in the center.

Date: 1935

Creator: Whitman Publishing Company

Item Type: Text

[Affidavit regarding seizure of enslaved people]

An affidavit—related to a legal dispute between enslavers William R. Smith and John W. Cloud ("Smith v. Cloud")—by Sheriff William McMaster regarding his seizure of Grace, an enslaved woman, and her three children.

Date: January 2, 1844

Creator: McMaster, William

Item Type: Legal Document

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman.

Date: August 3, 1841

Item Type: Text

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.

Date: 1837-04-18/1837-04-20

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Text

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of a Maria, an enslaved woman, from enslaver Clinton Terry.

Date: December 10, 1853

Item Type: Text

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from enslaver J.M. Prewitt.

Date: May 5, 1856

Item Type: Text

[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]

An agreement for the sale of an enslaved man named Boston in Connecticut between enslaver John Griswold and the estate of deceased enslaver Josiah Filly, executed by David Barber.

Date: December 16, 1772

Item Type: Text

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."

Date: September 29, 1847

Item Type: Text

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.

Date: January 1, 1864

Item Type: Text

[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]

A circular in which E.M. Pease announces his candidacy for governor.

Date: May 26, 1851

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Text

[Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman]

A bill of sale for enslaver William McMaster’s purchase of a Harriet, an enslaved woman, from enslaver William B. Smith. E.M. Pease, also an enslaver, was a witness to the transaction.

Date: January 2, 1844

Item Type: Text

[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase of an enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease.

Date: August 10, 1847

Item Type: Text

[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase by E.M. Pease of a slave named Tim or Tom.

Date: September 1, 1849

Item Type: Text

[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]

A bill of sale for enslaver John Chaffin’s purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman ("hireling"), from enslaver Stephen Richardson.

Date: March 4, 1835

Item Type: Text

[Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney]

A short biographical essay on Elisabet Ney—on the cover is a black-&-white reproduction of a painting of Ney by Fredrich Kaulbach.

Date: unknown

Creator: Fredrich Kaulbach

Item Type: Text

[Cold-War-era order list for gift-food parcels]

An order list for gift-food parcels during the early days of the Cold War.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

[Complaint against Dryden Holcomb for assaulting Richard Niles]

A complaint against a man named Dryden Holcomb for allegedly assaulting Richard Niles.

Date: December 14, 1825

Item Type: Legal Document

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Julia Maria Pease, his daughter]

A letter from E.M. Pease to his daughter Julia Maria Pease—among other things, he discusses “the extravagance in dress that now prevails.” Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.

Date: November 17, 1872

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lorrain T. Pease, his father]

A letter from E.M. Pease to Lorrain T. Pease, his father, in which he gives a detailed, contemporary account of the Texas Revolution. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.

Date: January 8, 1837

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The tenth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.

Date: October 13, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The fifth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.

Date: July 30, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The fourth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.

Date: August 14, 1868

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The third in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.

Date: May 23, 1868

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The second in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.

Date: October 31, 1867

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

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[6 Cards from "72 Pictured Party Stunts"]

[Affidavit regarding seizure of enslaved people]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]

[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]

[Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman]

[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]

[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]

[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]

[Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney]

[Cold-War-era order list for gift-food parcels]

[Complaint against Dryden Holcomb for assaulting Richard Niles]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Julia Maria Pease, his daughter]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lorrain T. Pease, his father]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]