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Henry Laurens Pinckney warrant

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-015
Collection Overview

This collection contains a single warrant issued by Henry L. Pinckney, Collector of the general tax for the parishes of St. Philip's and St. Michael's, to James S. Shingler, Sheriff of Charleston District, authorizing the arrest of the free black, Maria Louisa Silvanneau, of Charleston, for failure to pay the capitation tax of $2.77. Includes handwritten note of disposition.

Dates: 1849
Found in: Special Collections

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  • Repository: Special Collections X
  • Subject: African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History X
  • Subject: Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston X
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