Title
Document allotting Thomas W. Seabrook estate to R. Berry, May 21 1836. Signed by James Gadsden.
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Description
In this document signed by James Gadsden, the Estate of Thomas W. Seabrook is allotted to R. Berry for $1179.99 on May 21st, 1836. Includes a list of items sold dating from January 1, 1835- February 25, 1836. James Gadsden was a diplomat, businessman, soldier, and the namesake of the Gadsden Purchase.
Transcription
[recto] Received May 21 1836 Com J. W Gadsden Executer of the Est Tho W Seabrook Eleven hundred & Seventy nine 00/100 dollars in full of all demands to date [signed] Rbt. Berry $1179 99/100 Territory of Florida County of Leon Personaly appeared before me John Rea as Justice of the Peace[?] in and for the County of Leon aforesaid [?] Berry who being duly sworn said that the foregoing account is just and true as stated. [signed] R[?] Berry Sworn to and subscribed January [illegible] 1837 before me [signed] John Rea J.P. Amount of Berry account Including interest was 1179.99, which was paid by me. The Memoranda below shows a note from Berry with Estate of 90 including interest $95.65. which account as received by me in the settlement is credited the Estate as my account correct [signed] J. Gadsden. [verso] [List of Estate Items]
Creation Date
8-2-1835
City
Tallahassee
County
Leon
State/Province
Florida
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1788-1858
Keywords
James Gadsden, John Rea, Thomas W. Seabrook, R. Berry, estate, Tallahasee, Florida, County of Leon, Leon County, R. McCants, R. K. West, R. Miller, R. Halsey, Seabrook, $1179.99, May 21 1836
Resource Identifier
070426-96
Date Digital
4-3-2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Legal | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (IMT)
Language
en-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Gadsden, James, "Document allotting Thomas W. Seabrook estate to R. Berry, May 21 1836. Signed by James Gadsden." (1835). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 205.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/205
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Notes
Transcription of Estate available as a supplemental file. Multiple dates present on manuscript.