Reel 11

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is largely the business papers of merchant and slave trader Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) and those of his son-in-law James Cheston (1747-1798), a merchant who dealt in convict servants, tobacco, and wheat. Topics covered by their papers include: colonial trade, the Revolution, Loyalists in Maryland, and post-war trade. Also included are papers of James Cheston's wife Anne [Galloway] Cheston as well as their children—Anne, Francina Augustina and James, Jr.; their...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is largely the business papers of merchant and slave trader Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) and those of his son-in-law James Cheston (1747-1798), a merchant who dealt in convict servants, tobacco, and wheat. Topics covered by their papers include: colonial trade, the Revolution, Loyalists in Maryland, and post-war trade. Also included are papers of James Cheston's wife Anne [Galloway] Cheston as well as their children—Anne, Francina Augustina and James, Jr.; their...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is largely the business papers of merchant and slave trader Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) and those of his son-in-law James Cheston (1747-1798), a merchant who dealt in convict servants, tobacco, and wheat. Topics covered by their papers include: colonial trade, the Revolution, Loyalists in Maryland, and post-war trade. Also included are papers of James Cheston's wife Anne [Galloway] Cheston as well as their children—Anne, Francina Augustina and James, Jr.; their...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is largely the business papers of merchant and slave trader Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) and those of his son-in-law James Cheston (1747-1798), a merchant who dealt in convict servants, tobacco, and wheat. Topics covered by their papers include: colonial trade, the Revolution, Loyalists in Maryland, and post-war trade. Also included are papers of James Cheston's wife Anne [Galloway] Cheston as well as their children—Anne, Francina Augustina and James, Jr.; their...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is largely the business papers of merchant and slave trader Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) and those of his son-in-law James Cheston (1747-1798), a merchant who dealt in convict servants, tobacco, and wheat. Topics covered by their papers include: colonial trade, the Revolution, Loyalists in Maryland, and post-war trade. Also included are papers of James Cheston's wife Anne [Galloway] Cheston as well as their children—Anne, Francina Augustina and James, Jr.; their...