Approximately 162 items. Robert Anderson (1781-1859) was an influential Federalist and Whig politician, mayor, militia captain, and landowner in Williamsburg and Yorktown, Virginia. This large archive consists of received letters, receipts and retained copies of Anderson’s own letters, and covers events in the two towns from 1735 to 1858 Many of the items pertain to business ventures, such as building a wharf to promote business and founding various mills and factories. Militia-related items include the muster fines for the 68th Virginia Militia from 1806 to 1837. Many of these receipts list all the men in the company, and would be a good genealogical resource. Anderson was a source of local Revolutionary War history, specifically the siege of Yorktown. Letters from people drawing on his expertise include historians and a treasure salvor looking for sunken British ships in the York River. Another letter of interest is a petition to rebuild the church burned by the British in the War of 1812, with the proviso that it be open to ministers of all denominations. Although Anderson was the owner of a good number of slaves, he was very aware that the issue of slavery was tearing the nation apart. Among the slave-related items in this archive is an 1827 subscription to the American Colonization Society, which was devoted to repatriating freed slaves to West Africa and assisting them in setting up their own society. Another ACS item was a letter with a copy of the 1850 petition to Congress for funds to set up a steamship line to Africa and to help the repatriated slaves fight against the slave trade. Several slave items involve Anderson’s slave agents in Richmond. One 1855 letter relates the progress in buying a carpenter for Anderson. In an 1857 letter to slave agents in Richmond, Anderson relates his problems with his multi-talented but disobedient mulatto bricklayer: ...but he is very headstrong, and old and feeble as I am (77), and having no overseer, I cannot control him without often flogging which I do not like to inflict upon my servants... would he conform readily to my orders, I would not sell him for $2500, or indeed at all... A partially printed sheet from the Richmond Slave Market, dated April 8, 1858, is a market report on the going rates for different slaves, divided into men and women rated Extra, Only, Good, and Common, with the price spread for each type. The children are sold by sex and height. A small newspaper is included - the Norfolk Daily Courier of September 24, 1846. Some of the news includes battle accounts from the Mexican-American War; armed conflict against Mormons out west; and a historical account of Anderson taking charge of local militia in battle during war of 1812.
Approximately 162 items. Robert Anderson (1781-1859) was an influential Federalist and Whig politician, mayor, militia captain, and landowner in Williamsburg and Yorktown, Virginia. This large archive consists of received letters, receipts and retained copies of Anderson’s own letters, and covers events in the two towns from 1735 to 1858 Many of the items pertain to business ventures, such as building a wharf to promote business and founding various mills and factories. Militia-related items include the muster fines for the 68th Virginia Militia from 1806 to 1837. Many of these receipts list all the men in the company, and would be a good genealogical resource. Anderson was a source of local Revolutionary War history, specifically the siege of Yorktown. Letters from people drawing on his expertise include historians and a treasure salvor looking for sunken British ships in the York River. Another letter of interest is a petition to rebuild the church burned by the British in the War of 1812, with the proviso that it be open to ministers of all denominations. Although Anderson was the owner of a good number of slaves, he was very aware that the issue of slavery was tearing the nation apart. Among the slave-related items in this archive is an 1827 subscription to the American Colonization Society, which was devoted to repatriating freed slaves to West Africa and assisting them in setting up their own society. Another ACS item was a letter with a copy of the 1850 petition to Congress for funds to set up a steamship line to Africa and to help the repatriated slaves fight against the slave trade. Several slave items involve Anderson’s slave agents in Richmond. One 1855 letter relates the progress in buying a carpenter for Anderson. In an 1857 letter to slave agents in Richmond, Anderson relates his problems with his multi-talented but disobedient mulatto bricklayer: ...but he is very headstrong, and old and feeble as I am (77), and having no overseer, I cannot control him without often flogging which I do not like to inflict upon my servants... would he conform readily to my orders, I would not sell him for $2500, or indeed at all... A partially printed sheet from the Richmond Slave Market, dated April 8, 1858, is a market report on the going rates for different slaves, divided into men and women rated Extra, Only, Good, and Common, with the price spread for each type. The children are sold by sex and height. A small newspaper is included - the Norfolk Daily Courier of September 24, 1846. Some of the news includes battle accounts from the Mexican-American War; armed conflict against Mormons out west; and a historical account of Anderson taking charge of local militia in battle during war of 1812.
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