"Whiskey for servants," 1846

Dublin Core

Title

"Whiskey for servants," 1846

Subject

Provisions; Slavery; Georgetown College

Description

The following entry in the Day Book of Georgetown College records a payment of $10.85 for "whiskey for servants" made in June 1846. Another similar payment was made in this book in August of the same year.

Creator

Georgetown University Archives

Publisher

Georgetown Slavery Archive

Date

29-06-1846

Contributor

Julia Bernier

Rights

Georgetown University Library

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Financial Record

Identifier

GSA273

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

June 1846 [Line 6] " to whiskey for servants. . . . . . . .10.85 . August 1846 the excursion to Mount Vernon . . . . . 46.97. " to Boucher, whiskey for servants, + tin tumbers . . 302. 12.22.

Original Format

Day and Cash Book

Files

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Citation

Georgetown University Archives , “"Whiskey for servants," 1846,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed September 20, 2024, http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/297.

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