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Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
van Zandt, N. B. Gilman, Nicholas, 1755-1814
[Letter from N. B. Van Zandt to the Honorable Nicholas Gilman, Esquire]
1808-07-05
Four-page letter from N. B. [possibly Nicholas Biddle] van Zandt to Nicholas Gilman regarding the delayed repayment of borrowed money. Van Zandt expresses hope to to able to send some money to Gilman after visiting the executor of his father's estate and getting 'some of his Negroes, these I may possibly convert into cash.'
nyhs_sc_b-05_f-13_t-u-v33 Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Slave trade--United States
Letters
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