Geography: Sumter

Legal document detailing the sheriff's sale of an amulatto boy for $825 to Franklin J. Moses in Charleston, South Carolina on December 1, 1839. The document originates from Sumter, South Carolina.

Legal document detailing the sheriff's sale of three enslaved African Americans for $800 to Franklin J. Moses in Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina on April 26, 1841. The document provides details of the sale and the parties involved.

A commercial letter written by E. W. Moise on September 15, 1866, concerning the collection of a debt. The letter was sent from Tuskegee, Alabama to Sumter, South Carolina. The letter provides biographical information about Moise, detailing his military service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and his post-war career in South Carolina.

A letter dated December 10, 1886, from Lehman, Stern & Co. (successors to Lehman, Abraham & Co.) in Sumter, South Carolina, to Altamont Moses. The letter discusses funds and references Lehman Brothers in New York City and Lehman, Durr & Co. in Montgomery, Alabama. The letterhead indicates the company's address as Corner Gravier & Baronne Sts., Sumter, South Carolina.

Billhead for J. Ryttenberg & Sons, dealers in general merchandise, located in Sumter, South Carolina. Dated December 6, 1877. The bill lists various items purchased by J. M. Carson, likely from the business. The billhead features a decorative banner, “Highest Market Price Paid for Cotton.”