a complete and undisturbed packet of information pertaining to a court case filed in 1858 involving a dispute between Daniel Trigg, Connally Trigg, and Lilburn Trigg, of Washington County [Virginia], regarding the purchase of slaves, 14 separate but related documents spanning from 1836 to 1859, largest unfolded approximately 12 x 8 in. 

Provenance: Private Tennessee Collection 

included are: a copy of the ruling regarding the 1836 purchase of "a family of negroes" - Ellen and her four children, separated and divided amongst the Trigg family; three separate and detailed interest statements showing payments due for a "partnership agreement" between the three men, shows interest paid on the slave purchase; account of items purchased on behalf of the slaves: shoes, calico, etc.; inventory of sales within the company to whom the brothers were employed; two 1859 depositions regarding the case; and five receipts pertaining to either the note due or amount borrowed to pay for the slaves