Guide to the Hugh Adams Papers WLU.Coll.0373

Guide to the Hugh Adams Papers WLU.Coll.0373


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0373
Title
Hugh Adams Papers 1857-1860
Quantity
.25 Linear Feet
Creator
Adams, Hugh
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Access

Due to the physical condition of the Adams archive, under most circumstances, it is perferred that copies rather than original documents are used by researchers.

Custodial History

The archive was collected by Hugh Robert Bolen of Bustleburg, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. It was discovered amongst family papers by John Bolen, son of the collector.

Online Access

This collection has been digitized in its entirety and may be viewed online via WLU's Digital Archive .

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Folder Number, Box Number, Hugh Adams Papers, WLU Coll. 0373, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn University Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Biographical / Historical

Hugh Adams (1793-1858) was a landowner, farmer, and slaveholder in the vicinity of Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was a member and proponent of the American Colonization Society, the national organization promoting the emmigration of free African Americans to Liberia.

Scope and Contents

The Hugh Adams Papers archive is comprised of approximately 75 documents concerning the emancipation of nineteen slaves of the Adams estate and their estate imposed emigration to Careysburg, Liberia. Adams was actively involved for many years with the American Colonization Society ( A.C.S.) which promoted and engaged in the emigration process of free or freed African-Americans to Liberia on the west African coast. Included in the archive is an original handwritten copy of the will of Hugh Adams. Within the will, Adams settles his estate and specifically outlines his plan for emancipating his slaves and for funding their imposed emigration. The archive also contains account documents for living expenses of nine of the nineteen freed slaves during the interim period between emancipation and their voyage to Liberia in May 1860.The surnames of the emancipated persons and families are Adams, Miles, Halliburton, Lewis, and Johnston or Johnson. Other noteworthy contents include an official Rockbridge County manumission document and two contracts detailing the purchase of enslaved husbands by their wives who were emancipated and funded by Adams' will. Other individuals whose names are found on documents within this archive include Rockbridge County lawyers Greenlee Davidson and David P. Curry, lawyers 'Gilkeson and McNutt', possibly of Augusta County, Virginia, Rockbridge County officials Samuel McDowell Reid, Charles Chapin, and David J. Whipple, estate executors A.M. Carson and Robert Hutcheson, and A.C.S. secretary Reverend William McLain. Click here to access the Hugh Adams Papers in WLU's Digital Archive .

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Container List

Text [0000004537] box: 1
Control Folder
English.
General

The control folder for the Hugh Adams Papers contains a physical folder list with descriptive information about contents, a transcription of Hugh Adams' will (1860), copies of online resources, including materials provided by the Library of Virginia, pertaining to the families and individuals formerly enslaved by Hugh Adams who emigrated to Liberia in May 1860.

Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 1-2
User copies
English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 3
Hugh Adams's Will
Adams, Hugh1860English.
Scope and Contents

In the will of Hugh Adams, he writes that he desires the emancipation of all his slaves upon his death.

Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 3
Court Document Pertaining to a Case Contesting Adams' Will
1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 4
Papers Pertaining to Adams' Slaves
5 Item
1859English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 4a
Correspondence from Hugh Adams family about the estate
1858-1859
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 5
Papers Related to Business Conducted Between Adams and Hutchinson
Adams, Hugh
4 Item
1878-1890English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 6
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Andy Adams
6 Item
1860-1870English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 7
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of George Adams
1 Item
1860-1870English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 8
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Henry Adams
7 Item
1838-1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 9
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Isabella Adams
3 Item
1859-1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 10
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Joshua Adams
6 Item
1859-1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 11
Certification and Declaration of Joshua Adams
1 Item
1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 12
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Mary Adams
3 Item
1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 13
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Rose Adams, Reuben Lewis, and Their Daughter, Rose Adams
10 Item
1859-1860English.
Scope and Contents

Rose and Rueben's daughter was two-years old at the time.

Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 13a
Contract between John Letcher and Robert Hutcheson for the sale of Rosa
1856-04-06
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 14
Papers Relating to the Living Expenses of Scylla Adams and William Halliburton
7 Item
1859-1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 14a
Additional Items relating to Scylla Adams and William Halliburton
1859-01-19-1861-04-01
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 15
Scylla Adams' Purchase Agreement for William Halliburton
Adams, Scylla
1 Item
1860English.
Scope and Contents

William Halliburton was Scylla's husband.

Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 16
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Susan Adams
2 Item
1860English.
Text [0000004537] box: 1 folder: 17
Papers Related to the Living Expenses of Andrew Miles
2 Item
1860English.