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1Author:  Smythe, A. M.Add
 Title:  Letter from Mrs. A. M. Smythe to her cousin, Feb 17, 1837 concerning the sale of a family of slaves. [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1995 
 Description: I must beg a favor of you which I trust you will grant. at March court our little all will be sold for debt. You know how much I am attached to Sally and her children. attached to them because they are the best of slaves. I never knew so faithful and valu able a family of negroes. you have it in your power to pur chase them. if you do so I can leave the country with peace of mind. the first of April we will set out for the North Western territory, a howling Wilderneſs.
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