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Letter from Andrew Jackson Coffee, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Alexander Donelson Coffee, no location given, written on June 9,1849.
Andrew notes that Louisiana only requires proof of the title and health of enslaved people and there is no provision for recovery on account of bad habits. Thus, Alex could sell his enslaved person Henry there but warns prices are low at this time of year. Suggests Memphis as a good market but will help Alex if he does decide to sell in New Orleans. Wants to buy Alex’s enslaved people Emily and her daughter Munch(?), whom Alex bought from Clinton Heslep. He mentions the death of General Edmund P. Gaines in New Orleans: “He was to [sic] old to be of service to the country, but he was so pure a man that he is a serious loss to us.”
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sc.0027.001_003.002
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1849 June 9
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Coffee, Andrew Jackson, 1819-1891.
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"Letter: Andrew Jackson Coffee to Alexander D. Coffee, 1849" (2021). Documents. 14.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-coffeefamily1/14
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