Broadside: Reward for return of Henry Wilson

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Broadside: Reward for return of Henry Wilson

Entry/Object ID

ARC737

Scope and Content

Broadside advertising $100 reward for return of runaway enslaved African American man, Henry Wilson. Reward offered by James W. McCurdy, near Kabletown, Jefferson County, Virginia. Dated August 18, 1835. Remaining body of text describes the subject and identifying characteristics, along with various rewards if apprehended in Maryland or Virginia.

Acquisition

Accession

62

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Museum

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Aug 1835

Archive Size/Extent

Frame measures 17" x 15"; broadside inside matting measures 10" x 8".

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1835 August 18