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Paul Cameron Letter, January 4, 1845

From his new plantation in Alabama, Paul writes home to his father in North Carolina. The business negotiation of payment for 1674 acres of land in Greene County is discussed (mortgage, note, interest). A slave named Edmund has died, others are well,…

Tags: acreage, bank, cabins, corn, cotton, death, deed, family/friends health, hired hand, interest, judge, land acquisition, mortgage, mules, negroes, our people, overseer, pricing, rent, slave health, timber, title

Paul Cameron Letter, December 7, 1844

From his newly acquired plantation in Alabama, Paul writes home to his father in North Carolina. The party of slaves relocated from North Carolina to Alabama arrived the prior day on December 6th with their escort Mr. Laws. Paul relays difficulty…

Tags: board of commissioners, cabins, dividend, hired hand, hogs, legislature, master, mules, negroes, newspaper, our people, overseer, pay, payment, pork, post office, pricing, railroad, removal, rent, salt, slave health, weather

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