[Manuscript Estate Inventory from Antebellum Missouri, Including Four Named Slaves]

St. Genevieve County, MO: January 18, 1844. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Original folds, minor wear. Very good condition. A sobering manuscript inventory from the estate of Richard Maddin following his death in Missouri in 1843 detailing his "slaves and other personal" property. The inventory begins by listing the enslaved persons by name, along with an assignation of value for each of them, as such: "1 Negro man named Smith $600. 1 Negro man named Sandy $10. 1 Negro woman and child named Margaret and Jason $400." The inventory then goes on to list the other property, beginning with a long list of livestock followed by equipment, household goods, and so forth. The document is certified and witnessed by a number of local citizens who attest to the "full and perfect inventory of the goods, chattles and personal estate" of the deceased Mr. Maddin. The reasoning is unclear why the second listed slave, Sandy, was worth only $10.