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Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Stephen Elliott papers, 1791- approximately 1947. Plantation records. gra00020. Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Botany Libraries, Harvard University.

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Notebook kept by Stephen Elliott recording the names of enslaved people owned by Elliott and his extended family who were given blankets; lists of tools given to carpenters, enslaved people, and overseers; enslaved people obtained at the settlement of the estate of Elliott's father, William Elliott, in 1792, and enslaved people purchased in Savannah, Georgia; and lists of enslaved people Elliott owned in Georgia and South Carolina. There are also records of day labor and contracting for carpentry work on his house, notes on experimental rotation of crops including wheat and corn and notes on his cotton harvest, as well as a list of flowers to be procured from London. Additionally includes instructions for crafting waterproof boots, and there are numbers and equations throughout the notebook that may be associated with accounting or farming.

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6 1797 to Adam Amie Monday Johnny O. Peter Juno Phebe August Jenah Lydia Rhinah Nelly Chloe Pope Phillis Joe Lucretia Rachel Jenny Hester for children

1797 O. Sarah Lydia for her children Mariane for d° Affee for d° _______________ To my Uncles Negroes Smart Hearty Betty Dinah for her Childern Chloe for d°

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Frank Nelly Hester S Quasheba. January. Moosa S Phillis S July .S Affee Dinah S Guffee S Hannah S Renty S Polyore Molly S Ned — S Tom S Dick Charlotte for her Childs Flora — S Toby — S

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1800 S Spando S B. Minda S Flora S Beck S Frank — little S Jenny — S Little Minda S Pope S Phillis S Johnny — S Phebe S Nelly S Chloe S Rachel S Lucretia S August S Toby } S Nelly } S Paul S Jenah S Adam S Amie

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O. Peter Juno S Lydia S Rhinah Joe { G Sarah { G Jenny { Betsy { Peggy S Matty S Ned {Y Adam S Lydia for Child: S Betsy for Child. S Franky — S Peter — Marot.

1801 S Moosa — Watts' S July S Renty. S Dinah 5. Cuffee S Hannah S Molly S Ned Tom 10. Cretia for children S Rachel for d° Chloe for d° Phillis Hester . 15. Frank Quasheba L. Frank G. Toney D. Toney L. Toney O. Frank — L. Frank

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Sampson S Sappho S Togoodoo S Dembo S Daphne S Pendah S Jemmy S Lancaster S Gay S Maria S Neptune S Casar S Frank Lydia for Children Maria — S Ansel — — S Sambeau S Jacob S Martha S Nanny Tessie S Juba Simon Caleb

1802 Ovid Cupid S Moosa Harry Maria S George S Charlotte S Melandy S Brutus Barack — — — S Sarah —

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