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The purchase of Peter and Priscilla, February 1804
On February 15, 1804, the Jesuits purchased Peter and his wife Prisc for St. Inigoes Plantation. They paid 400 dollars for the couple.
The ledger also indicates that on the same day they paid 3.77 to apprehend a "runaway Matt."
The ledger also indicates that on the same day they paid 3.77 to apprehend a "runaway Matt."
The College hires Peter, 1799-1801
A boarder named James Price defrayed his expenses by hiring out to the College an enslaved man named Peter.