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Title: Letter from Caroline Shaw to Henry Shaw from May 16th, 1844. Page 1.
Description: Letter from Caroline Shaw to Henry Shaw during period when she was overseeing his business affairs while was travelling abroad. She mentions collecting rent from John Berry Meachum. Page 1. See also PHO2024-0014, PHO2024-0015, and PHO2024-0016.

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TitleLetter from Caroline Shaw to Henry Shaw from May 16th, 1844. Page 1.
Creator
Subject African Americans
Bridgette (Enslaved Person)
Enslaved People
Free Black people
Meachum, John Berry
Meachum, Mary
Rent
Shaw, Caroline
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889
Slave owners
Slavery
St. Louis (MO)
Wages

RelationPHO
DescriptionLetter from Caroline Shaw to Henry Shaw during period when she was overseeing his business affairs while was travelling abroad. She mentions collecting rent from John Berry Meachum. Page 1. See also PHO2024-0014, PHO2024-0015, and PHO2024-0016.
PublisherMissouri Botanical Garden
ContributorMissouri Botanical Garden
Date of original
Date scanned
TypeImage
FormatTIF
IdentifierPHO 2024-0013
SourcePhotograph
Language
Coverage
Rightshttp://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/copyright.asp
Width of original
Height of original
Condition of originalgood

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