- GLC#
- JB00029
- Type
- Letters & documents
- Author/Creator
- Roffignac, J. (fl. 1822)
- Title
- Mandate of Payment
A mandate of payment for M. Boutin for the work of his slave Sam. Sam worked on the public chain gang for twenty one days at the rate of twenty five cents a day. The payment from the city to M. Boutin is for "Five Piastres Twenty-Five Cents". The document is written in French, but is accompanied by a translation.
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