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First Division Second Residency
of the Chs & Ohio Canal 26th July 1830
Chs & Ohio Canal Company
TO Charles Wallace Dr
TO 6 days services of negro man Regin [?] axeman in the Employ of the Corps of Engineers at 87 1/2 cts per day including board being between the 1st and 20th July inst. - $5.25
Recd 26th July 1830 of Daniel VanShyke [?]
Resident Engineer five dollars and twenty five cents in full of the above accounting
Charles Wallace
The 1850 slave schedule shows a Harriet Wallace of Rockville, Maryland who owned a number of slaves. Also in her household is a 81 year old Charles Wallace, possibly the owner in 1830.
From Receipts. Miscellaneous Accounts, 1828 -1889. C&O Canal Co. Box 2, Entry P 386, RG 79; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.