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Larkin
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Name
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Larkin
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Sex
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Male
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Freedom Status
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Enslaved
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Occupation
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Cook
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Enslaver
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Mrs. Morris
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Landon Cabell Garland letterbook transcripts, vol. 1, 1862-1863, image 173, Jan 12, 1863
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"Unty of Ala.
Jan’y 12, 1863
Mrs. Morris
My Dear Madam.
I recd on Saturday a letter from Mr. Alfred Hatch, of whom we hired a baker, offering to let us having him for the current year, at the same price we paid the preceding year, that is, $20 pr. month, without his clothes.
I cannot answer his letter until I hear from you relative to Larkin –
Larkin is not a better cook than Mr. Hatch, but we are willing to give the same price for him – and will keep him if the terms proposed are agreeable to you.
Will you please reply by the svt.
[174] I am Very Resply
Yr. Obt. Svt.
L. C. Garland
Supt."
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Leaser
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The University of Alabama
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Landon Cabell Garland letterbook transcripts, vol. 1, 1862-1863, image 189-190, Jan 16, 1863 (Larkin too ill to be hired at UA)
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"Unty of Ala.
Jan’y 16, 1863
Mrs. Morris.
[190] My Dear Madam.
The Surgeon of the Corps reports Larkin to be affected with a disease which renders him wholly unsuitable as a Cook, and the object of this note is to inquire whether you are willing to cancel the contract for his hire to the Unty the present year – the Unty paying for his [1 word illegible]…already rendered at the price [1 work illegible]… when I took him on trial, namely $30 pr. mo.
A reply is desired by the return of the bearer.
I am Very Resply
Yr. Obt. Svt.
L. C. Garland
Prest. Unty."