1857, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Commercial Transaction (Small goods)

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Title
1857, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Commercial Transaction (Small goods)
Description
With the money he received from selling rags, Holsey bought five books to read.

Partial Transcript: "So we did, the rags were sold and the money was mine. With this money I bought books. I purchased at one time, two "Webster blue back spellers," a common school dictionary, Milton's "Paradise Lost," and a Bible."
Action Status
Completed
Date
1855
Date Certainty
Approximate
Primary Participant
Lucius Henry Holsey
Freedom Status
Enslaved
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