[Letter of 1873 May 23]
Files
Title
[Letter of 1873 May 23]
Date
1873-05-23
Subjects
African American women household employees
African Americans -- 19th century
African American businesspeople
People
Still, William, 1821-1902 [recipient]
Format
image/jp2
Type
Correspondence
Rights
This material is made available for private study, scholarship, and research use. For access to the original letter or high-resolution reproduction, please contact the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (blockson@temple.edu; 215-204-6632).
Repository
Temple University Libraries, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Digital Collection
William Still Collection
Blockson manuscripts
William Still Collection
Digital Publisher
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Libraries
Contact
blockson@temple.edu
Directory
BMS010X0073
Document Content
Home May 23/73 Mr. William Still/ Dear friend 2 of my girls have made up/ their mind to go to a Wattering place they wish to leave/ on a saturday night if the can send us 2 woman/ a manday I shall be much obliged [wants?]/ them for washing & cleaning, I am sorry/ I let those sl[x?]p you had for me/ With Resp to [A. W. Laroy?]/ paid Mr. Shans / $1.00 for chambers/ Ma's .75¢/ baby's 25¢/ All my money/ from Mrs. LaCombe/