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Jailor in Tuskeegee, Alabama, who caught runaway slave Milton writes to the overseer Lewellyn in Greene County to pay charges and retrieve his property. Milton conveys to jailor that he was making his way back to owner Paul Cameron in North Carolina.

A Mr. Allen C. Jones relays a message to Paul Cameron that his overseer Charles Lewellyn sent a Mr. Barnes to retrieve the runaway slave Milton in Tuskegee and return him to Greensboro, Alabama, where Lewellyn picked him up and returned him to the…

The overseer describes planting corn, sowing oats and cotton seed, not whipping runaway Milton until he is back to health after his journey, slave Martha giving birth to a son, general health of slaves, and summer clothing ready for slaves.

The overseer indicates cotton is being shipped, he was unsuccessful in purchasing a mule at auction for $80, he is sowing oats, and supplies have not been received. The runaway Milton has not been heard from. He and another slave Tony were stealing…

The overseer indicates cotton has not been shipped due to back orders at the landing, corn land is ready for planting, and the runaway slave Milton has not been heard from and is probably on his way to North Carolina.

The overseer indicates supplies of pork have been received from Paul Cameron, the slave Milton has run away, and the slave Henderson died before his medicine could arrive.

The overseer describes plantation crops, general slave health, a runaway slave named Juber who was caught in Greensboro Alabama, two slaves Salby and Aggy giving birth to a daughter/son respectively, an accident involving a horse while plowing, and…