(BUSINESS) BAILEY QUASH Manuscript receipt for work done by

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(BUSINESS.) BAILEY, QUASH. Manuscript receipt for work done by stevedore Quash Bailey and his crew of five men * Ship owner's ledger page for stevedores etc at the port of Savannah, includes the name of Bailey. Long sheet (16 x 6-1/2 inches) of handmade, paper, with deckled edges on three sides; one small stain, creases where folded. 4to sheet, written on one side, with docket on reverse. Together two pieces. [Savannah, 1823, 1826]

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A most unusual invoice for four weeks of labor done by Quash Bailey, an apparent free black and his four-- and at times five man crew. Their work would have been loading and unloading ships in Savannah's busy port. The other names that appear on this bill are Norris, John Bull, Coleman, Collington, and Lamanique (?). The total for all work done over four weeks was $343.56, a considerable sum in 1823.