Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

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This letter was written in Richmond, Virginia, on March 9, 1847, by Giles Saunders to Samuel Fox of Richmond, Kentucky. Saunders discusses the purchase and subsequent sale of an enslaved woman as well as several other enslaved people he has purchased and plans to bring westward. The paper is folded in the middle with the letter written on the right front side continuing onto the right reverse side, with the address written on the left front side. Two postmarks are stamped in red ink by the address, one dated March 13 in Richmond, Virginia, and the second reading "10".

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