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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08678 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Receipt regarding a slave named John |
| Date | 1 October 1863 |
| Author | Mason, E. E. (fl. 1863) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Sheriff William H. Preas, from Bedford County, Virginia, sends a slave named John to work on fortifications near Lynchburg. By order of Colonel W. H. Stevens, Chief Engineer. Signed by Mason as First Lieutenant, Engineers. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America African American History Slavery Fortification Labor |
| People | Mason, E. E. (fl. 1863) Preas, William H. (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |