- Title:
- G. Dorsey estate vendue list
- Creator:
- Moore, William
Stewart, David - Date of Original:
- 1808
- Subject:
- Estate sales
Executors and administrators
Auctions
Dorsey, G.--Estate
Slavery--Georgia
Slave trade--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia
Slaves--Georgia
Slaveowners--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- estate inventories
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The collection consists of a list of the sale of the effects of the late Mr. G. Dorsey, by his administratrix Eliza Dorsey, and administrators, David Stewart and William Moore. The list gives buyers' names, articles bought, and prices. Instructions for the auction state that "minors, servants, and slaves who may bid not to be noticed by the crier." Amounts under one dollar and thirty-three cents to be cash. Purchases over this amount to be allowed credit for 6 months. Total estate amounted to $228.10. Mr. Dorsey may have been a blacksmith, for the most expensive item sold was: "1 pair Smith's bellows, and anvil and sledge - $40.00," also a quantity of old iron, wagon wheels, tongues, etc. were sold.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_0863
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- G. Dorsey estate vendue list, ms863, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
