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Where Light and Sound Bend

Creator:
National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2023-04-28T18:57:41.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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Where Light and Sound Bend

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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Where Light and Sound Bend

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2023-04-28T19:03:13.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, African  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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Where Light and Sound Bend

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson at the National Museum of African Art

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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Where Light and Sound Bend

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National Museum of African Art  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2023-04-28T18:34:50.000Z
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Education  Search this
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National Museum of African Art
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Growing Up with the Country: Family, Race and Nation after the Civil War with Kendra T. Field, Ph.D.

Creator:
National Museum of African American History and Culture  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2022-04-10T05:27:20.000Z
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Education  Search this
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African Americans  Search this
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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WatchNMAAHC
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Dr. Maya Angelou In Conversation with Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole - National Portrait Gallery

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National Portrait Gallery  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2014-05-30T20:24:07.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Portraits  Search this
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National Portrait Gallery
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NatlPortraitGallery
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Black Effect: Siteplan and Elevation

Designed by:
Tobi Ashiru  Search this
Illustrated by:
Tobi Ashiru  Search this
Subject of:
National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 3600 pixels × 3600 pixels
File size: 50.68 MB
Type:
architectural drawings
digital media - born digital
Place depicted:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
2019
Topic:
African American  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Design  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Museums  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift designed by Tobi Ashiru
Object number:
2021.114.5
Restrictions & Rights:
© Tobu Ashiru
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Collection title:
Rendering Visible
Portfolio/Series:
Black Effect
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd594790ec4-e63a-4be6-9360-e716b7aad0df
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Black Effect: Upper View Render

Designed by:
Tobi Ashiru  Search this
Illustrated by:
Tobi Ashiru  Search this
Subject of:
National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 2700 pixels × 4800 pixels
File size: 72.66 MB
Type:
architectural drawings
digital media - born digital
Place depicted:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
2019
Topic:
African American  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Design  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Museums  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift designed by Tobi Ashiru
Object number:
2021.114.6
Restrictions & Rights:
© Tobu Ashiru
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Collection title:
Rendering Visible
Portfolio/Series:
Black Effect
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e9a5fcd2-0db8-43fa-8388-851a94151a11
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Middle Passage, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Wilson, Ed 1925-1996  Search this
Medium:
Reliefs: bronze; Pylons: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of New York Public Art for Public Schools 28-11 Queens Plaza North - Room 513 Long Island City New York 11101
Located Boys and Girls High School 1700 Fulton Avenue Entrance plaza near east door Brooklyn New York
Date:
1972-1976
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Control number:
IAS 67350041
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_352799

no world

Created by:
Kara Walker, American, born 1969  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 30 3/8 × 39 3/4 in. (77.2 × 101 cm)
Type:
etchings
Date:
2010
Topic:
African American  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Art  Search this
Colonialism  Search this
Middle Passage  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.130.7
Restrictions & Rights:
© Kara Walker
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Portfolio/Series:
An Unpeopled Land in Uncharted Waters
Classification:
Visual Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ad41fc1-d835-4b39-8697-828172704191
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edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.130.7
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Historical Records of the DeWolf Family

Created by:
James DeWolf, American, 1764 - 1837  Search this
Dimensions:
Archives (Cubic feet): 1.8 ft
Type:
photographs
shipping records
correspondence
Place depicted:
Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, North and Central America
West Indies, Caribbean, North and Central America
Date:
1757-1947
Topic:
African American  Search this
Business  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Domestic slave trade  Search this
Finance  Search this
Illegal slave trade  Search this
Middle Passage  Search this
Photography  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Sugarcane  Search this
Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this
U.S. History, 1783-1815  Search this
U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this
U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this
U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775  Search this
U.S. History, Revolution, 1775-1783  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2018.17.2
Restrictions & Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions may apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
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Collection title:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family
Classification:
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Archival Collections
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d4d09cdf-0a71-4ca7-90a8-1acf1fe75124
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Lose your mother a journey along the Atlantic slave route Saidiya Hartman

Author:
Hartman, Saidiya V.,  Search this
Subject:
Hartman, Saidiya V Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 270 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Local history
Place:
Ghana
Date:
2007
Topic:
Slave trade--History  Search this
Historic sites  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Travel  Search this
Sklavenhandel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
History, Local  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157368

Four hundred souls a community history of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi, and Keisha N. Blain

Title:
Community history of African America, 1619-2019
Editor:
Kendi, Ibram X  Search this
Blain, Keisha N. 1985-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xvii, 504 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Biography
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
Noirs américains--Histoire  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Relations raciales  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
E185 .F625 2021 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160554

Out of Africa: Self Guided Tour

Creator:
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Names:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Place:
Africa
Caribbean Area
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
United States
Date:
circa 1979
Scope and Contents:
Self guided tour highlighted the five areas of the exhibition 'Out of Africa: From West African Kingdoms to Colonization.' The five areas explored ancient African kingdoms, African artworks, slave forts and slavery on the west coast of Africa, the Middle Passage and slavery in the Caribbean, resistance to slavery in America, and back to Africa movements.
Exhibition tour. Related to exhibition 'Out of Africa: From West African Kingdoms to Colonization.' Undated.
Biographical / Historical:
The exhibition - Out of Africa: From West African Kingdoms to Colonization - explores early African civilizations, the slave trade, the abolitionist movement and the founding of the first African republic, Liberia. Maps, graphics, and tapes depict the ancient kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Songhei, Kanem-Bornu and the Hausa States. Headdresses, masks, housepots, gold weights, taped music and musical instruments and door panels represent the cultures of Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The journey into slavery is told in a diary of a ship's doctor, the account book of a slave trader and letters of a young passenger. Slave revolts are treated in documents, photographs and portraits. Photographs, books and other publications are included in a section on the Abolitionist movement. Additional documents and photographs tell the story of those who chose to return to Africa. The exibition was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from February 1979 - February 1980. Curated by Louise Daniel Hutchinson.
Series Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Black people -- History  Search this
Black people -- Study and teaching  Search this
Kings and rulers, Ancient  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Slave insurrections  Search this
Back to Africa movement  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Citation:
Out of Africa: Self Guided Tour, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
ACMA.03-031, Item ACMA AV001372
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Out of Africa: from West African Kingdoms to Colonization exhibition records
Out of Africa: from West African Kingdoms to Colonization exhibition records / Series ACMA AV03-031: Out of Africa: from West African kingdoms to colonization audiovisual records
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7e44c8583-b851-455c-912a-fe97c4e043a5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-03-031-ref1016

Historical Records of the DeWolf Family

Creator:
DeWolf, James, 1764-1837  Search this
Names:
Bellin, J.H.  Search this
DeWolf, George  Search this
Elfelt, Peter  Search this
Oliver, Louis  Search this
Extent:
1.8 Cubic feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Place:
Cuba
Caribbean
Rhode Island
West Indies
Date:
1757-1947
Scope and Contents:
The Papers of the DeWolf Family shed light on one of the wealthiest New England families in the 18th-19th centuries who made their fortune by engaging in each part of the transatlantic slave trade. This collection is comprised of photographs, correspondence, publications, and business records including daily logs and ship manifests. Included in the collection are ship business records and documents from multiple countries including Cuba, the Netherlands, China, and India.
Arrangement:
The materials in this collection have been kept at the folder level and separated into five series. The materials have been ordered and organized based on the content.
Biographical / Historical:
Rhode Island dominated the North American transatlantic slave trade, led by the DeWolf family of Bristol. They financed their wealthy lifestyle by engaging in each part of the triangular trade, which involved the shipping of natural resources from the Caribbean to America and Europe for manufacturing, then using them to fund the purchase of enslaved persons. The DeWolf family owned numerous sugar and coffee plantations in Cuba. Sugar from the Cuba plantations was made into molasses, transported to Rhode Island in DeWolf vessels, and transformed into rum in DeWolf-owned distilleries. The rum was then taken to Africa and used as payment for enslaved captives, who were eventually sold in Cuba and other southern ports for tremendous profit. Between 1769 and 1820, it is believed the DeWolf-owned vessels carried more than 12,000 enslaved Africans across the Middle Passage. The profit generated from these trade endeavors allowed the family to start a bank and insurance company.

The first patriarch of the DeWolf family was Mark Anthony DeWolf (1726-1792). Mark emigrated from Guadeloupe Island in the West Indies after serving as a deckhand on a slave trading ship owned by privateer Simeon Potter. Mark married Potter's sister Abigail and they had 15 children. Their son James DeWolf, born on March 18, 1764 in Bristol, was most apt to take over the family business. James, like his father, worked as a slave trader, privateer, and a politician, including time as an U. S. Senator for Rhode Island. During the Revolutionary War, DeWolf served as a sailor on a private armed vessel that was twice captured by the British. By his early twenties, his past experiences saw him promoted to the rank of captain of a ship. James married Nancy Ann Bradford, daughter of the Massachusetts governor William Bradford, in 1790. Together they had 11 children.

In 1791, DeWolf was indicted for murdering an enslaved woman on his ship. The enslaved woman may have had smallpox and DeWolf claimed that she threatened the lives of all the enslaved persons and crew members on board. DeWolf and two crew members agreed to throw the woman overboard to her death. Judge John Jay discovered the story and reported it to President George Washington who gave orders for DeWolf's immediate arrest, citing violation of the Federal Slave Trade Law of 1790. DeWolf fled to the West Indies and by 1795 the charges were dropped. The judge declared that "this act of James De Wolfe was morally evil, but at the same time physically good and beneficial to a number of beings." Further, it was the "least" of the "two evils," and the accusations against DeWolf were "groundless."

Buoyed by the acquittal, DeWolf's family continued their criminal activity within the slave trading business. In 1794, Congress outlawed Americans carrying slaves between foreign countries or into countries that had statutes against the trade. In order to circumvent these laws, DeWolf called in a favor with Thomas Jefferson to appoint his brother-in-law, Charles Collins, a customs inspector. Collins ignored many of the slave ships moving in and out of the harbor that in turn allowed the DeWolf family to continue profiting from human suffering. DeWolf funneled his slave trading efforts through Cuba, the only open Caribbean trade port with American access. DeWolf continually shipped men, women, and children from American soil to Cuba.

In 1808, Congress banned the importation of enslaved into the United States and DeWolf turned to new ventures to keep his wealth, including privateering. During the War of 1812, his ship Yankee was the most successful privateer of the war, capturing prizes worth over three million dollars. In order to continue to profit off slavery, DeWolf founded the Arkwright Mill in Coventry, Rhode Island, which became a pioneer in the processing and manufacturing of cotton harvested by enslaved people. The family also maintained plantations in Cuba, and James' nephew, George DeWolf, continued trading enslaved persons at least until 1820 when it became punishable by death. From 1817-1821, DeWolf served as a member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives; he was promoted to Speaker of the House from 1819-1821. In 1821, he was elected a U.S Senator for Rhode Island and served five years of his six-year term. He resigned and returned to the State House of Representatives from 1829 until his death in 1837. James DeWolf died in New York City on December 21, 1837. It was reported at his death that he was the second wealthiest man in America.

Historical Timeline

1726 -- Mark Anthony DeWolf was born

1764 -- James DeWolf was born in Bristol, Rhode Island, son of Mark Anthony and Abigail DeWolf

1775-83 -- James DeWolf served as a sailor in the Revolutionary War

1790 -- James DeWolf married Nancy Bradford, daughter of Massachusetts Governor William Bradford

1791 -- James DeWolf was indicted for murdering an enslaved woman on his slaving ship

1792 -- Mark Anthony DeWolf died leaving the business to his son, James

1795 -- All charges against James in the death of an enslaved woman on-board his ship in 1791 were dismissed

1808 -- Congress abolishes the African slave trade

1812 -- James DeWolf built the Arkwright Mills in Coventry, Rhode Island. He also served a privateer in the War of 1812

1817 -- James DeWolf began serving as a representative in the Rhode Island House of Representatives

1819 -- DeWolf began serving as the Speaker of the House in Rhode Island State General Assembly

1821-25 -- James DeWolf served as U.S. Senator for Rhode Island

1829 -- James DeWolf returned as a member of the State House of Representatives

1837 -- James DeWolf died in New York City, New York
Provenance:
Acquired through a purchase by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Restrictions:
Portions of this collection are restricted from use as means to further preserve the collection. Digital surrogates are available for portions of this collection.
Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions may apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Topic:
Slavery  Search this
Domestic Slave Trade  Search this
Middle Passage  Search this
Sugar  Search this
Transatlantic Slave Trade  Search this
Coffee  Search this
Rum  Search this
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783  Search this
United States -- History -- Colonial period -- Societies  Search this
Photography  Search this
Shipping  Search this
United States -- History -- 1815-1861  Search this
United States -- History -- 1783-1815  Search this
United States -- History -- 1865-1921  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence
Citation:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAAHC.A2018.17.2
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Historical Records of the DeWolf Family
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3fc558353-14d8-4cec-ac12-ddf21cf9a8d4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmaahc-a2018-17-2
Online Media:

Invoice of spice and merchandise shipped by Taylor and Taylor on board of the Brig Dolphin bound for Calcutta

Collection Creator:
DeWolf, James, 1764-1837  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1809
Collection Restrictions:
Portions of this collection are restricted from use as means to further preserve the collection. Digital surrogates are available for portions of this collection.
Collection Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions may apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Collection Citation:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
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Historical Records of the DeWolf Family
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family / Series 3: Businesss Records, 1757-1899; undated / 3.2: Receipts and Business Documents, 1757-1899; undated
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3297aaa0c-9c08-4f2f-84e7-27c9355d6209
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-a2018-17-2-ref100

Health assessment in the Port of Savannah of the captain, officers, seamen, and passengers of Ship Patterson are health and free of disease and plague to continue travel to Tonniger

Collection Creator:
DeWolf, James, 1764-1837  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1810
Collection Restrictions:
Portions of this collection are restricted from use as means to further preserve the collection. Digital surrogates are available for portions of this collection.
Collection Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions may apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Collection Citation:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family / Series 3: Businesss Records, 1757-1899; undated / 3.2: Receipts and Business Documents, 1757-1899; undated
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3f6d772d9-52fb-4e89-b576-f21f01932182
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-a2018-17-2-ref101

Payment receipt from O.C. Blunt for work done by Asa Lewis on Ship Brig. Suttana

Collection Creator:
DeWolf, James, 1764-1837  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1820
Collection Restrictions:
Portions of this collection are restricted from use as means to further preserve the collection. Digital surrogates are available for portions of this collection.
Collection Rights:
The NMAAHC Archives can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions may apply and limit reproduction for other purposes.
Collection Citation:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family
Historical Records of the DeWolf Family / Series 3: Businesss Records, 1757-1899; undated / 3.2: Receipts and Business Documents, 1757-1899; undated
Archival Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io3b2aa81f8-5427-4706-b82c-9ec6f1588105
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmaahc-a2018-17-2-ref102

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