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Comment on Henry Ward Beecher; "My personal acquaintance with Mr Beecher was very slight, but I tried to listen to his Lectures, filled with his wisdom, with great delight. The eminent service which he rendered to our country by his eloquent advocacy of the Cause of Freedom here & abroad must be very gratefully remembered."

Reverend James Madison (cousin of the future President, James Madison), proposes to the Virginia House of Delegates to trade slaves owned by the College of William and Mary for land; "instead of them, permanent Property would be more beneficial to society, and consequently would more promote the noble Design of its Institution..."

Report on African Sabbath School and the poor progress of scholars; "many of the scholars do not attend worship on the Sabbath."

Poem "Poor little slave...", with a pen and ink illustration on cloth, showing a kneeling slave praying to God.

Small sheet of paper with a pencil and watercolor illustration of potted flowers titled “Rosees.” On the other side “Waynesboro Franklin Co.” is written above a pencil drawing of Black men, likely enslaved, doing field labor with hoes while surrounded by white men, one with a whip and others with guns.

T. L. Pledge bill of sale. Includes livestock such as pigs and a mule, supplies such as a cart and jars, and a line for the “hire of Negro Ned” for $40.