Handwritten and signed statement dated 14 July 1817 (1 page). The item was presented in the circuit court meeting in Saint Clair County, Illinois. Chouteau states he needs to secure Auguste Chouteau as a witness to affirm that a Black man was delivered as claimed.

A collection of slavery documents from Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and unknown states. Included are writs of manumission, bills of sale, affidavits, letters, and depositions. One document in French.

English translations of two French documents: a marriage contract dated February 23, 1797, and an account of the probate proceedings of the estate of Joseph Taylor, Senior, dated June 26, 1799. The probate records also include a list of the slaves owned by Taylor and plans for their eventual sale along with the rest of his real property.