Slavery
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Potomac Company Payroll Log
Collection
Identifier: GTM-0058
Scope and Contents
A single payroll log of the Potomac Company ("Potowmack Company"), a company formed to improve the navigation system for the Potomac River, for canal construction workers employed at Little Falls on the Potomac River. Written in tabular format, the document lists 90 individual workers with their occupations, number of days worked, monthly wage rates, rations deducted from wages, and the authorization of the receipt of payment signified by the workers' signatures or mark and the signature of...
Dates:
1793 October 26 - 1794 January 23
Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030756293]
Identifier: GTM-0035
Scope and Contents
The Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection contains 370 envelopes illustrated with American Civil war themes. Bound together in one album, the envelopes often depict the American flag, patriotic slogans, and satirical portrayals. Representations include Lady Liberty, Abraham Lincoln, Winfield Scott, and Elmer E. Ellsworth, to name a few. Also, slavery is addressed in some of the envelopes. Moreover, references to the American Revolution are presented. While most of the envelopes focus on...
Dates:
1861
Stephen Dubuisson, SJ - William Feiner, SJ Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS50
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, diaries, and other writings of Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson, S.J. and William Feiner, S.J. Because the two men served as successive Presidents of Georgetown College in the 1820s, and because both made entries in the letterbooks in this collection, these materials have been grouped together. Dubuisson’s materials consist of loose letters (including several pertaining to students at Georgetown College) and three bound items (a diary, a...
Dates:
1818 - 1842