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Indenture between Levi H. Shugart and Zachariah T. Shugart

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Indenture between Levi H. Shugart and Zachariah T. Shugart

Description: Collection of Shugart family papers and photographs dating from 1838 to approximately 1900, most likely preserved by Shugart's widow, Suzanna, and the family of his daughter Lucinda. The collection includes an account book kept by Zachariah T. Shugart from 1838 to 1853, which contains a 10-page list of names of 137 enslaved men, women, and children who he, and his associate Stephen Bogue, helped escape to Canada. There are also two diaries by Shugart, Civil War letters by Joseph Shugart, one land indenture, a pocket New Testament, 46 photographs, a photograph album, ephemera and newspaper clippings.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1851 September 1
Call number: mssShugart
Creator: Shugart, Zachariah T (1805-1881)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by William Reese Company on behalf of The Huntington from Swann Galleries Sale 2517, Lot 205, September 2019.

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Shugart, Joseph R., (1842-1864.)

Shugart, Kelita Davis, (1829-1879.)

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