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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

The collection has been digitized and is available online .

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John Early Confederate Army Receipt for the Work of Fletcher, an Enslaved Person, Ms2015-037, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The John Early Confederate Army Receipt for the Work of Fletcher, an Enslaved Person was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2014.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Early Confederate Army Receipt for the Work of Fletcher, an Enslaved Person was completed in September 2015.

Scope and Content

This collection contains a partially printed receipt for the labor of an enslaved person delivered to Chief Engineer Lt. Col. William H. Stevens in charge of Confederate fortifications outside of Richmond, Virginia, on November 11, 1862. The receipt notes that Stevens received one enslaved person by the name of Fletcher from John Early.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by type of material.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Stevens, W. H., Colonel (Chief Engineer, D.N.V.)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the John Early Confederate Army Receipt for the Work of Fletcher, an Enslaved Person by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/ ).