Massie Papers 1850-1853
- Creator
- Bearing Witness to Enslaved Women and Their Future Issue and Increase in the Massie Family’s 18th- and 19th-Century Reproductive Labor Systems
- Archive
- Duke
- Collection
- Massie family papers, 1766-1920s
- Box
- Box 1
- Folder
- Massie Papers 1850-1853
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- Free Re-Use No Copyright - United States
- Date added
- 17 September 2026 7.58 pm
- Date modified
- 1 October 2026 2.32 pm
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Document excerpt
Richmond May 23d 1850 Mr Wm Massie Dear Sir Your favor of 5th & 17th inst. were only received, Your draft from Lynchburg for one hundred & fifty Dollars was paid without the least inconvenience & it was gratifying to us that you made the draft — The letters to Messrs Van Lew Smith & Brother & Mrs N H Thornton enclosed in yours of 17th were delivered — Your flour is yet unsold, we hold it at $5 1/2 & hope to get that price soon, at $53/8 could sell at once — We much regret to hear such gloomy accounts from you about the effects on crops caused by the Camp & cool weather this spring — & we apprehend when the weather becomes warm it will be very P scorching hot — Tobacco planting will be so late the crop will be an uncertain one this year — but 2/3d of an average crop, should the quality be fair & good will yield more money than would be realized from a full average crop — The Corn crop will doubtless be a moderate one, but the wheat harvest may prove fine — It is probable flour will sell well from August till Novr. would it not be to your interest to commence grinding early & if possible get half of your crop in market by middle of September — Letters from England to 17th inst. flour had