Letter from William Hanes to Joseph Wickes
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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_057
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Letter regarding Hanes' FIFA (writ of Fieri Facias) or lien against Joseph Wingate, possibly as representative of William Little's heirs. Hanes is curious about using Wingate's enslaved peoples as collateral for the lien. The enslaved people in question are an unnamed women and her child and two boys aged eight and thirteen.
MS0066-05-82-001 January 23 1850
legal correspondence
Slavery--Economic aspects--United States
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