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HENRICO, Virginia in the 1850s: 1 through 10 of 20

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  1. Philip Claiborne Gooch drafts a letter to obtain subscribers for his medical journal
    date November 12, 1850map HENRICO, Virginiatags Health/Death

    On November 12, 1850, Dr. Philip Claiborne Gooch (1825 , 1855), celebrated Virginian physician, wrote a letter to mail out to potential subscribers of new medical journal he was founding “The Stethoscope'. His letter proposes that “the subscriber to embark in the responsible undertaking, and will issue the first “The Stethoscope' or “VIRGINIA MEDICAL GAZETTE' on the first of January,...

  2. Miners' and Manufacturers' Convention Held in Richmond, Virginia
    date December 5, 1850 to December 6, 1850map HENRICO, Virginiatags Agriculture

    On December 5th and 6th, 1850, local agrarian worker and miners convened in Richmond, Virginia by the order of Virginia Delegates, to publish a memorandum to Congress. The purpose of the memorandum was to report to Congress on the state of the Virginia economy. There were many workers from the Atlantic regions of the United States present at the conference from a variety of industries, including cotton...

  3. Fugitive Law approved in Indiana
    date January 4, 1851map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Governor Wright's approval of this law showed the strong support which both he and state of Indiana had for the Union. In his message on Jan 4th, 1851 he eloquently summed up his feelings on the matter, “There is no safety for property or life except in the absolute supremacy of the law: no higher duty of the citizen than to maintain by word and deed, that supremacy, as we value the heritage,...

  4. Arrival of Fugitive Slave Henry Long
    date January 14, 1851map HENRICO, Virginiatags African-Americans, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Henry Long ran away from his Master in Richmond, Virginia and was eventually caught in New York City. Judge Judson of New York City ordered Long to be brought back to Virginia. Much commotion was caused on the trip back to Virginia because of the fear of an uprising of blacks. Long was guarded by as many as 200 police officers at one time when stepping on to a ferry leaving New York. Long would...

  5. Bill against Fugitive Slave Act introduced in New York Legislature
    date January 25, 1851map HENRICO, Virginiatags Race-Relations, Slavery

    A small portion of the New York Legislature pushed for a bill which was against the Fugitive Slave Act. A similar Bill had been passed earlier in Vermont. The main conflict in this situation is difference between a state and federal law, which takes precedence etc. The South was using the power of the Federal government to keep the Fugitive Slave Act alive.Shortly after these Bills against the Fugitive...

  6. Virginia Constitutional Convention
    date October 14, 1850 to August 1, 1851map HENRICO, Virginiatags Slavery

    On March 4, 1850, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act providing for the election of delegates to a convention in order to create a new constitution, or amend the existing one. A controversy over the degree to which slave populations could determine seats in the General Assembly precipitated this call for change; under the current constitution, the western part of the state felt that the eastern...

  7. Bartle Family murdered
    date May 3, 1851map HENRICO, Virginiatags Agriculture, Crime/Violence

    On May 3rd three members of the Bartle family were brutally murdered by an Italian man who had worked the Bartle's fields. Accounts stated that there was an altercation the week prior to the murder between Bartle and the Italian worker over wages he felt he deserved. The family members killed were all struck in the head with a blunt object and were all found in a gruesome mannerEvents such as this...

  8. Sentiment from Eastern Virginians towards Western Virginians
    date May 30, 1851map HENRICO, Virginiatags Slavery

    Eastern Virginians complained of over-representation of Western Virginians for the amount of Taxes which they paid to the state. In a letter to the Richmond Whig on May 30th, 1851 an Eastern Virginian went as far as saying that the west was undoing what had been done by the revolution of 1776. Trouble persisted because of the differences over slavery within the state. Cries from both sides to divide...

  9. Commutation of Jordan Hatcher
    date May 7, 1852map HENRICO, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Slavery

    On 7 May 1852, Virginia Governor Joseph Johnson commuted the death sentence of Jordan Hatcher, a tobacco factory slave, to sale and transportation from Virginia for the crime of murdering the overseer of his factory, William Jackson, on 25 February 1852. Johnson's commutation ignited a tumultuous debate and uproar throughout the state of Virginia. On the night of the commutation, a violent and unruly...

  10. Maury's Sailing Directions becomes a proud product of the South
    date August 13, 1853map HENRICO, Virginiatags Education, Migration/Transportation, War

    In August of 1853, the southern states enthusiastically showed off the intellect of their Lieutenant Matthew Maury. Maury was a Southerner born in Fredericksburg, Virginia on January 14, 1806. He became an esteemed officer of the United States Navy as the pioneer researcher of winds, currents, and oceanography. He became popular not only in the Navy, but also in the civilian sector because his work...

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