Scope and Contents The folder contains the following items: Item 1: Peter Wier, Gainsville, Alabama to "brother" (A.G. Wier, Danville, Virginia), 1840 December 9. Apologizes for not coming this past summer since he had a lot of business to attend to; describes favorable judgements he got in court that past year - a judgement for $3,500; a levy against 16 Negroes and others; believes he will win a case against Welsh on Welsh's property; says his case in circuit court in Jackson is laid over until...

Scope and Contents The folder contains the following items: Item 1: Contract for hiring a slave paying $69.75 to B. Preston for use of Henry until December 25, 1841, 1840 December 31. Person hiring is to furnish necessary clothing, blanket, and a good hat. (Signature ripped off - John McCully?)Item 2: Receipt for slave purchase, Petersburg, Virginia, 1845 December 24. Receipt of James McCully for purchase of Negro slave, named Edy and her "child" for $405.00. Seller warrants her sound...

Scope and Contents The folder contains the following items: Item 1: Records of occupancy showing a breakdown of white and blacks in each household, 1862.Item 2: Receipt of purchase of goods and payment of James McCully by William M. Mosely, 1864 February.Item 3: W(?) L.E. Wilburn, Danville, Virginia to Mr. William B. Willnen, 1865 September 26. States that he did not accuse Thomas Williams of stealing $25.00. Item 4: Receipt of the Southern Express Company for J....

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1840-1883, of members of the Wier family and McCully family. Includes correspondence of Peter Wier of Gainesville, Ala., Armistead Wier of Danville, Va., John McCully of Bridgeport, Conn., James McCully, Petersburg, Va. and William McCully of Newark, N. J. Subjects covered by the correspondence are farming, the value of slaves and of land as investments, the Mexican War, and business. The collection also includes contracts for the hiring and sale of slaves; and a roster of Company C,...

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Ledger of Jason and William McCully with Isaac Brant, James McCully with W. McCully and Daniel Price with James McCully.

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Relates a sea passage from Sandy Hook, (?), to Mobile Bay, Alabama, Friday 13th-20th. Mentions sighting Key West, wind conditions, an old love affair, reading Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte and Pickwick, and an epidemic of yellow fever in Mobile.