This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed to the Sheriff of Essex County by Edward Rouzee for the year 1819. The taxable property is listed as "24 slaves, 11 horses, 1 buggy," twenty-three (23) levies, four hundred and fifty-four…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.79
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed the Sheriff of Essex County by the John Rouzee estate for the year 1831. The taxable property is listed as "32 slaves, 10 horses, and 1 coachee," four hundred and ninety seven and one…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.74
The two volumes of accounting books of Fawnwood Plantation, 1 (105) and 2 (171), cover the period 1865–67. Volume 1 (105) is dated 1867, and Volume 2 (171) is dated 1865–67. The volumes consist largely of lists of goods given to employees and presumably…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.13.5
298 page accounting ledger used by the vacation home, Shearer Cottage, to record deposits during the summer season for the years 1945 to 1956. The ledger is bound in an unadorned red and brown leather backing boards. The spine is broken with loose pages.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.2.1
This document is an accounting record for the years 1810 and 1811 with some of the entries pertaining to the hiring out of enslaved persons and the amount due the enslavers for the labor or services performed. The document is a single page folded…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.25
The single volume of accounts, August 1865–July 1867 (82), is arranged chronologically. For a register of accounts for December 1866–July 1867, see Volume 2 (95) of reports forwarded to the Assistant Commissioner mentioned above.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1902, Item 3.1.4.6
The single volume of accounts, July 1866–February 1867 (76), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a list of bounty claimants, August 1867–February 1868, arranged chronologically. The volume has a name index.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.3.10
The single volume of accounts, February 1866–February 1867 (96), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains lists of fines and costs received in freedmen's court and contract fees received.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.4.12
The two volumes of accounts, 1 (62) and 2 (63), cover the period January– March 1869. Volume 1 (62) contains general accounts that are arranged chronologically. Volume 2 (63) contains accounts relating to salaries of assistant and subassistant…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 3.3.4
The single volume of accounts, January–April 1866 (95), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a list of men who applied for bounty claims (no date), which is arranged chronologically.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.7.5
Unbound accounts current, marriage certificates, court papers, and teachers' school reports, 1865–68, are arranged by type of record. The accounts current are dated July–September 1865. Some of the marriage certificates are copied in Volume 167.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1901, File 3.32.7
