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In Spanish. Empadronamiento General de Esclavos. Registration form for four enslaved men at Juan de Ygartua y Alberti’s hacienda Perseverancia in the barrio of Cacao. Includes physical description. The three oldest men were born in Africa to unknown parents. Bonifacio, listed as being 118 years old, is “considered free due to his age,” as is Luis, aged 80. Miguel, also aged 80, received no such dispensation. The youngest of the four was Crescencio, aged 47, born in Puerto Rico and described as the son of Andrea Domenich. Tabular form with related instructions and articles on verso.

True copy of documents related to the lawsuit of C. R. Johns v. T. D. Moseley and S. W. Goodrich, 1865-1868, over non-payment of slave hire. Includes petition, demurrer and answer, order of court, notes, judgment, petition for write of error, acceptance of service, error bond, and certificate. Witnessed and certified by Frank Brown, clerk of the district court of Travis County. Filing dates to October 6, 1868.

Warrenton, Georgia, Sheriff Norris writes to Georgia Governor Rufus Bullock. Requests military assistance to keep order, on account of the Ku Klux Klan's (KKK) pursuit of former slave Perry Jeffers. Description of the circumstances surrounding the case, including the murder of Jeffers's son, William. Violence against freedmen.

Planning convention of Equal Rights Leagues, "We are about holding a Convention of the Equal Rights Leagues of this State & also invite Some from New York & it may be Ohio." It will meet in Meadville in early August, with "one grand object that of sustaining the Republican Party through effective Organization." Requests help through money and influence with railroads, which would be "the most effective deadly blow Copperheaded treason can sustain."

“Registro de Esclavos” registration document written in Spanish. Registering a 27-day old infant named Josée Laureance. Includes section to describe physical appearance, all marked "Recien nacid[o]" [newborn].

Official retained copy of a letter sent from William Devine to Nahan Patten, signed by Charles E. Morse, Captain. African Americans voting in the gubernatorial election for Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) alarmed Rebels, causing General Benjamin G. Shields to try to sway votes with Major Clarence Mauck's (1839-1881) approval. "Genl Shields then called around him the worst rowdies in this County told them 'they must not allow the freedmen to vote the red ticket. He then made a speech to the Colored men told them they must not vote the red ticket if they did they would lose their cotton and get shot down in scores because they had no protection." Notes Judge Evans accusing candidate S. W. Ford of being a thief and armed men threatening him. Describes voter intimidation and Mauclk's refusal to intervene. Plantation owners brought the freedman working their land to vote for Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1815-1875). Judge William Reed was told which white men voted the red ticket. See also [Clarence Mauck] Df to C[harles] E. Morse, December 18, 1869.

Acknowledging receipt of copies of letters from A. M. Attoway, County Clerk, and William Devine, Clerk of the Board of Registrars and a clerk for a recent election, "containing strictures on my official action and personal conduct while president of the board of Registrar, Election of Falls Co Texas." Defends himself against allegations about interfering with votes for candidates Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) and S. W. Ford. Only approved General Benjamin G. Shields to speak at the Court House on Election Day when polling and voting were closed. Does not believe accusations of Rebels, Ku Klux Klan members, and military officials intimidating African American voters to vote for Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1815-1875). Argues that no African American men were injured during the election and he saw "no shadow of an excuse" for bringing soldiers to supervise the polls. Intervened when he learned of men interfering with African Americans' votes for Davis, also noting his actions against a white man who threatened an African American voter. "... the late election in Falls county was the most orderly and quiet that I have ever witnessed, and a more law-abiding, loyal community to the U.S. Government or one more in favor of reconstruction on the present basis does not exist in Texas." See also William Devine CyS to Nathan Patten, December 6, 1869.

Writing to family in Connecticut, offering news of family health, land dealings, weather, cotton crops, and the gardens. Comments on recent murders in the area, one stemming from a dispute among cattle drivers that included a Mexican man and another between African American men. Dibble uses racial epithets, dismisses the murdered African American man, disparages their labor, and accuses them of theft. Believes her uncle provides too much support for African Americans and not enough for his family. Busy with work and entertaining people who came for a stray horse that an African American man working with Uncle Caleb claimed without appropriately advertising it. Visited a purportedly haunted house, noting it is being sold cheaply and she wouldn't mind the ghosts if she could afford it. Comments on people returning north for education, marriages, local flowers, watermelons, and her belief that African Americans are stealing her chickens.

Registry form for Santiago, an enslaved 43-year-old Black man, providing physical descriptions and record of ownership. Includes tax stamp. Written in Spanish.