Description
In this February 7, 1828, document, Gustavus Brown Alexander, a slaveholding landowner in King George County, agrees to pay $11.75 to George Bryan to hire Bryans slave, a negro man named Thornton, for a set period of time. Citation: Gustavus Brown Alexander Papers, 1800-1890. Accession #4800. Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.