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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.
The S. C. Robinson Letter was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.
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.
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.
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.
The guide to the S. C. Robinson Letter by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).