A Guide to the Lynchburg Slave Smallpox Document 1836 Labby, Pleaseants 11294

A Guide to the Lynchburg Slave Smallpox Document 1836

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Accession number 11294

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Accession number

11294

Title

Lynchburg Slave Smallpox Document 1836

Physical Characteristics

One item.

Language

English

Abstract

In this 1836 document, Lynchburg mayor Pleasants Labby, acting for the Corporation of the City, orders town sergeant Henry Dunnington to take a slave who has contracted smallpox to the home of M. Davis for treatment at town expense.

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Preferred Citation

Lynchburg slave smallpox document, 1836, Accession #11294, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Special Collections Department purchased this item from Cohasco, Inc., on March 26, 1997.

Scope and Content Information

Issued by Lynchburg mayor Pleaseants Labby (1836-1837) under authority of the town council, this November 13, 1836 document orders a male slave (property of a resident named Reynolds) infected with smallpox be taken to the house of M. Davis [Dr. Micajah Davis, Jr.?] for treatment. The document is directed to town sergeant Henry Dunnington for enforcement; it also attests the slave's medical expenses will be paid by the town. A typescript is appended to this guide.

Other Descriptive Data

Corporation of Lynchburg to wit
Whereas the small-pox has broke out within the
corporation aforesaid on a negro man slave the
property of Reynolds of
I do hereby, (by the advice and consent
of a quorum of the alderman of sd [said] corporation)
in the name of the commonwealth
command you to have the sd [said] negro conveyed
to the house of M. Davis, it being in
of retired situation and to furnish all things
necessary for the comfort and cure of sd [said] negro
which sd [said] expence shall be pd [paid] by the
[common-hall?] of the sd [said] corporation according
to law Given under my hand
& seal 13 Nov 1836
P. Labby, Mayor
To H. Dunnington Sergt [Sergeant]