American history
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection
Collection
Identifier: C0140
Abstract
Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.
Dates:
1502-2012
Found in:
TAC_Metadata
Philip Ashton Rollins Collection
Collection
Identifier: WC001
Abstract
Consists of personal papers and material related to the American West collected by Philip Ashton Rollins (1869-1950).
Dates:
1887-1950; Majority of material found within 1900-1930
Found in:
TAC_Metadata
Stuart, Sholto S., Draft of Advertisement Concerning Escaped Enslaved Laborers, January 1855
Item — Box 48: [Barcode: 32101070780471]
Scope and Contents
Virginia enslaver Stuart S. Sholto's manuscript draft for an advertisement seeking the capture of five enslaved individuals. Trolious Riley, Douglas Riley, Henry Riley, and a man named Vincent had escaped Chantilly farm, located in Fairfax County near present day Chantilly, Virginia, on December 30, 1854. Sharlet, a woman enslaved by Charles Calvert, is noted as having been missing for 15 years. The manuscript includes physical as well as some biographical descriptions of the five...
Dates:
January 1855