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Written by:
Col. Henry Adams, American, 1823 - 1899  Search this
Received by:
Col. William Clark Grasty, American, 1817 - 1901  Search this
Subject of:
Edmund Fitzgerald, American  Search this
James M. Fitzgerald, American  Search this
John Rice Miller, American  Search this
Charles E. Miller, American  Search this
Luther J. Tynes, American  Search this
N. C. Miller, American  Search this
Coleman Scruggs, American  Search this
Morton Scruggs, American  Search this
Medium:
iron gall ink on wove rag paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 12 1/4 × 7 5/8 in. (31.1 × 19.4 cm)
Type:
manuscripts
Place depicted:
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
March 15, 1846
Description:
A manuscript document, one sheet of handwritten script in black ink on white paper, written by Col. Henry Ward Adams of the Virginia Militia and addressed to Capt. William C. Grasty. The document reads [I, having been requested to / appoint a company of patrol and believing the same / to be very necessary, do (in pursuance of an act of / Assembly in that case made and provided) hereby appo- / -int William C Grasty pr Captain, and Edmund / Fitzgerald, N. C. Miller, Coleman Scruggs, Morton Scruggs, / James M. Fitzgerald, John Rice Miller, Charles E. Miller, / and Luther E. Tynes a company of Patrol within the / 2nd Battalion of the 168th Regiment of Virginia Militia in / the muster bounds of Capt Wm C Grasty to patrol / and visit all Negro quarters and other places suspect- / -ed of entertaining unlawful assemblies of slaves, / servants or other disorderly persons as aforesaid, unl- / -awfully assembled, or any others strolling from one plantation to another, without a pass from his or / her master or mistress or overseer, and take them / before the next justice of the peace, who if he shall / see cause, is hereby required to order every such / slave servant stroller or other disorderly person as / aforesaid to receive any number of lashes, not exc- / -eeding twenty on his or her bare back.]. On the reverse of the document is written [Capt. William C. Grasty / Mount Airy / Henry Adams / 15 March 1846].
Topic:
African American  Search this
Fugitive enslaved  Search this
Law  Search this
Military  Search this
Slavery  Search this
U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this
Violence  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
Object number:
2019.26.3
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
Liljenquist Family Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51f4e7d25-d521-4333-a820-dcd7212d3d07
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.26.3