<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Miller, Edward Letter to James Shaw, Jr.</titleproper><titleproper>Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr., <date>1854</date> <num>Ms.2023.079</num></titleproper><author>Sterling Bryant, Student Assistant </author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2023 (<emph><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" type="simple">CC0 1.0</a></emph>)</date></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2024-05-02 07:00:08 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr.</unittitle>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1854/1854">1854</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_b07d8fe7f5576b27bb97b64466ddca6f" label="Abstract">The Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. is a written correspondence regarding business matters, as well as Miller's distate for black citizens living in bigger cities.</abstract>
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<p>The collection is open for research.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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<p>Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr., 1854, Ms2023-079, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>The Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in April 2017.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>James Shaw, Esq., was the Burgess &amp; Vestry of the Burough of Manayunk's chapter of the Freemasons. He was elected as Chief Burgess in 1842 when he received 185 votes and defeated Thomas Bromley who only received 41. </p><p>External source:</p><p>"Proposal to Historically designate the Church, Sunday-School and Burial Ground of Saint David's Protestant Episcopal Church of Manayunk", Philadelphia Historical Commmission, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.phila.gov/media/20201013081534/150-Dupont-St-nomination.pdf">https://www.phila.gov/media/20201013081534/150-Dupont-St-nomination.pdf</a>, accessed on July 26, 2023. </p>  </bioghist>
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<p>The Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. is a written correspondence regarding business matters, as well as Miller's distate for black citizens living in bigger cities.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>The guide to the Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (<extref xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/">https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/</extref>).</p>  </odd>
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    <subject authfilenumber="sh85123326" source="lcsh">Slavery -- United States</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="sh85001955" source="lcsh">African Americans -- History</subject>
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