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Interior of the Museum Building in 1931, southend.
1931 |
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Anniversary MBG, 25th year of Trustee's control 1889-1914, 3 parts. Staff and associates per list. Oct. 15-16, 1914. In front of MBG Tower Grove House. 2nd cp. in map case.
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Sketch of the Breach of Promise Case, Carstang vs. Shaw, at St. Louis, Missouri, 1860. Published in Harper's Weekly, March 31, 1860.
1860 |
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While a young merchant in St. Louis Shaw began buying enslaved persons in the 1820s. In 1850 Shaw owned nine and by 1853 eleven; 1860 census records list eight enslaved persons. As with the 1850 census, their names were not listed. Please see the historical timeline for more information.
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While a merchant in St. Louis Shaw began buying enslaved people in the 1820s with the earliest existing record being that of Peach in 1828. 1850 census records indicate Shaw owned nine enslaved people and by 1853 that number had grown to eleven, 1860 census records show him with eight enslaved people. Their names were not listed in either the 1850 or 1860 U.S. Census. Please see the historical timeline section for more information on this subject. Image is for reference.
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Reynold's Political Map of the United States from 1850.
1850 |
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Johnson's and Ward's 1866 map of the United States by Johnson and Ward. Shows the United States immediately after the American Civil War (1861-1865). Some western states are still territories at the time of this map.
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1860 Census of the United States statistics of slave states.
1860 |
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Description of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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Colton's map of Missouri from George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.
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