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Show Belated Receipt for a Slave. H In looking over his morning malt H this morning, J. R. Rntckln, a Shonan- H doah, la., scedsmnn, received n lotter ' H from a man nt Wabbcnska, Ark., con- H talnlng as nn enclosuro a rccolpt dat- H ed back sixty-six years ago for a slavo H girl. Tho rccolpt was also a warranty H and read as follows: H "Rccolvcd, Sept. 3, 1832, of John 1 Roberts, $57G In full for tho purchaso ,H ot a negro girl named Charlotte Said 1 H girl is about 14 or 15 years of ago, and I H I warrant her to be sound in body and H mind and a slavo for llfo. I will also H dofond all claims ngalnst said girl. H Joseph W. Hill." Now York World. H |