Folder 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Francis Bell Letter, 1860-10-18
File — Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection contains a letter from Francis Bell, a cattle dealer from Augusta County, Virginia, to Major James R. Kent, an enslaver and plantation owner in Montgomery County, Virginia. In the letter dated October 18, 1860, Bell asks Kent to sell him his stock of cattle directly rather than going through the firm of Crouse and [Sons?].
Dates:
1860-10-18