S. C. Robinson Letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], S. C. . Robinson Letter, Ms1988-068, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Robinson, S. C. (Pittsylvania County, Va)
Abstract:
Letter to S. C. Robinson, of Botetourt County, Virginia, from an unidentified slaveholder in Mount Airy, [Virginia], discusses the enslaved men recently hired out to Robinson and offering to hire out a young boy for the coming year.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], S. C. . Robinson Letter, Ms1988-068, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This letter consists of a single letter written to S. C. Robinson, of Botetourt County, Virginia, by an unidentified slaveholder living in Mount Airy [Pittsylvania County, Virginia]. The writer asks Robinson to inform him of the arrival and wellbeing of the two enslaved men that he had hired out to Robinson. He also offers to hire out to Robinson a young boy for the period of March to December and asks what Robinson will pay.

Biographical / historical:

The letter in this collection identifies S. C. Robinson as a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia. Census records list a Samuel C. Robinson living in Botetourt County in 1850. He is described as a 30-year-old ironmaster, living with Nannie Robinson, 25, and Samuel, three months. A Samuel C. Robinson of Richmond is listed as an owner of Botetourt County's Roaring Run iron furnace, rebuilt in 1847, and in disrepair by 1859.

Acquisition information:
The S. C. Robinson Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the S. C. Robinson Letter commenced and was completed in April 2021.

This item had long been identified as the "W. Robinson Letter," but a closer inspection in 2021 revealed it to have been written to S. C. Robinson.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard