Geography: Butler

Billhead from Jacob Adler & Co., Grocers and Commission Merchants, located at 54 S. Howard St., 288 & 290 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Dated May 16, 1881. The bill lists a purchase of 3 bags of Rio Coffee, 1 bag of Caracao Indigo, and 1 bag of Bray. This transaction was made by I.P. Curtis & Co., likely located in Butler, Tennessee. The billhead includes a header with ornate lettering.

A receipt documenting the sale of an enslaved woman, Dina, by an unknown seller to Harris Levy for $400 in Butler, Georgia on March 14, 1863. The receipt specifies Dina's age (approximately 75 years old) and physical description. The document includes the signatures of the seller (initials W.M. and an illegible last name) and Sergeant D.O. Smith, N.P.