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Box 1

 Container

Contains 34 Results:

White family correspondence and legal documents, 1792 - 1794

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes indentures, deeds, and plan of a lot of land in Whitestown, surveyed by Hguh White (1792).

Dates: 1792 - 1794

White family legal documents, 1795 - 1796

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes depositions and warrants from Herkimer County and land deeds. Also includes a deposition and letter from Hugh White to "the Chiefs and Warriors of the Oneida Nation" regarding the murder of a white man by an Oneida man named Nicolas, known as "Tawcy Nick" (August 1796).

Dates: 1795 - 1796

Bill of sale for Sal, an enslaved woman sold to Hugh White, 1797-02-22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Sal (or Sall) is described as a 27 year old woman, who was sold by Peter Waggoner to Hugh White.

Dates: 1797-02-22

Bill of sale for Harry and Eve, two enslaved people sold to Peter Ten Eyck, 1797-07-21

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Harry and Eve were owned by Hugh White. He sold them under certain work conditions to Peter Ten Eyck (or Tenicks)

Dates: 1797-07-21