1825-05-17, Ben, Commercial Transaction (Small Goods)

Title: 1825-05-17, Ben, Commercial Transaction (Small Goods)
Description: In a letter from the Chairman of the Faculty Robley Dunglison to Proctor Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough, Dunglision writes, "At a meeting of the faculty held this day it was resolved. . .That it having been communicated to the Faculty that a lame negro, named 'Ben,' is selling fermented liquor in the cellar of Pavilion No. 1, the Proctors attention be called to the circumstance." The letter, dated May 17, 1825, is in the Papers of the Proctor of the University of Virginia.
Event Type: Commercial transaction: Small goods
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1825-05-17
Location: Pavilion I
Source: Minutes of the General Faculty, 1825-1922, RG-19/1/1.461, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Related Event: 1825-06-18, Ben, Commercial Transaction (Small Goods)
Primary Participant: Ben
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Source Resource: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/api/items/388
Source Site: https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/s/otg-uvalibrary/item

1825-06-18, Ben, Commercial Transaction (Small Goods)