Bank check signed by Mary Ellen Pleasant, on November 27, 1886

Item Overview

Title

Bank check signed by Mary Ellen Pleasant, on November 27, 1886

Alternative title

Mary Ellen Pleasant, entrepreneur and abolitionist of African descent

Date Created

1886

Date

1886

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Check made out to the Spring Valley Water Works for the amount of Twenty eight dollars and 35 cents by Mary Ellen Pleasant.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American abolitionists
African American businesspeople