#1841

[nemfrog]

"Arterialised blood returning from the gills of the tadpole by the anterior bronchial veins." Outlines of comparative anatomy. 1841.

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[cosmonautroger]

François-Auguste Biard, 1841

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[todaysdocument]

Manifest of the Brig Splendid of Baltimore

Record Group 36: Records of the U.S. Customs ServiceSeries: Slave ManifestsFile Unit: May 1841

MANIFEST of Negroes, Mulattos, and persons of Color, taken on board the Brig Splendid whereof McKensie

is Master, burthen, 226 tons to be transported to the port of New Orleans in the district of New Orleans, Louisiana

for the purpose of being sold or disposed of as slaves, or to be held to service or labor.

[Column headings printed at top of manifest]

NUMBER OF ENTRY.

NAMES.

SEX. [subheading] MALE. FEMALE.

AGE.

HEIGHT. [subheading] FEET. INCHES.

Whether Negro, Mulatto, or person of Color.

OWNER OR SHIPPER'S [subheading] NAME, RESIDENCE.

[One Owner or Shipper's Name, Residence listed on Entry 1, presumably applies to entire manifest and will only be transcribed once here:] H. H. Slatter. Baltimore

[Several lines contain the abbreviation "do." for "ditto." The data intended for these lines will be annotated after the "do." abbreviation.]

[Manifest entries; columns separated by 3 spaces:]

1. Frank Bardins. Male 30. 6 [feet] 1 [inches] Black

2. George Brooks. do. [Male] 20. 5 [feet] 7 [inches] do. [Black]

3. Berry Chambers. do. [Male] 21. 5 [feet] 6 [inches] do. [Black]

4. Nace Harriday. do. [Male] 24 5 [feet] 6 [inches] do. [Black]

5. Morris Bowdin. do [Male] 35. 5 [feet] 4 [inches] do. [Black]

6. Richard Kennard do. [Male] 19 5 [feet] 2 [inches] do. [Black]

7. William Adison. do. [Male] 26 5 [feet] 9 [inches] Yellow

8. Moses Adison. . do [Male] 24. 5 [feet] 7 [inches] do. [Yellow]

9. Henry Patterson do [Male] 18 5 [feet] 7 [inches] do. [Yellow]

10. Mindy Car . . Female 22 5 [feet] 4 [inches] Black

11. Amey Cure . . . do. [Female] 26 5 [feet] 4 [inches] do. [Black]

12. Mindy Davis . . do. [Female] 32 5 [feet] 3 [inches] do. [Black]

13. Beckey White . . do. [Female] 22. 5 [feet] 2 [inches] do. [Black]

14. Aramintia Sanders do. [Female] 17 4 [feet] 11 [inches] do. [Black]

15. Kitty Bell . . . do. [Female] 17 5 [feet] 3 [inches] Yellow

16. Ann Wilkison . . do. [Female] 16 5 [feet] [no inches] Black

17. [illegible; possibly "Leachy"] Hill . . do. [Female] 32 5 [feet] 6 [inches] do. [Black]

18. Martha Hill . . do. [Female] 15. 4 [feet] 11 [inches] do. [Black]

19. Issabella Hill . . do. [Female] 11. 4 [feet] 5 [inches] do. [Black]

20. Matilda Jones. do. [Female] 22 5 [feet] 2 [inches] do. [Black]

21. Ruthy Jones Infant do. [Female] [no further information on this line]

22. Betsey Dunbar. do. [Female] 30 5 [feet] [no inches] Black

23. Charles Dunbar Male 9 3 [feet] 10 [inches] do. [Black]

24. Richard Dunbar do. [Male] 7 3 [feet] 9 [inches] do. [Black]

25. Stephen Dunbar. do. [Male] 3. 2 [feet] 8. [inches] do. [Black]

26. Mary Dunbar Infant Female [no further information on this line]

District of Baltimore, Port of Baltimore, 24th day of April 1841.

Hope H. Slatter, Shipper of the persons named, and particularly described in the above manifest of Slaves, and McKensie Master of the Brig Splendid do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, each of us to the best of our knowledge and belief

that the above named Slaves have not been imported into the United States since the first day of January, one thousand

eight hundred and eight; and that under Laws of the State of Maryland they are held to service or labor as Slaves and are not entitled to freedom

under these laws, at a certain time and after a known period of service.--SO HELP US GOD.

Sworn to this 24 day of April, 1841.

COLLECTOR [signed] N H Williams

21st May 1841 [illegible signature]

before [signed] Hope H. Slatter [signed] Reuben McKensie

District of Baltimore, Port of Baltimore, 24th day of April 1841

I, Nathaniel H. Williams Collector of the District of Baltimore, do hereby certify that the within is a true copy of the Original

Manifest or List of Slaves; left on file in this office; and I do further certify that Hope H. Slatter, Shipper of the said Slaves, and

McKensie Master of the within mentioned Brig Splendid have this day made oath, in manner directed by the

ninth section of the Act of Congress, passed the second day of March, 1807, prohiting the importation of Slaves into the United States.--I do hereby authorise the said

Master to proceed with the said slave named as within, and being 26, in number, to the port of New Orleans in the State of Louisiana

Given under by hand at the Custom House of Baltimore, the date above written.

N H Williams

[blondebrainpowered]

19th-century Japanese woodblock print (ukiyo-e) titled "Ryuko tako no asobi” or Popular Octopus Games" or "Fashionable Octopus Games". Created between 1840 and 1842 by the renowned artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

[earlypalaeoart]

From 1838 Albert Koch exhibited a skeleton across America and Europe he named the 'Missourium' which he'd assembled from several Mastodon specimens, bulked up with wood to make it appear even larger.

James Pedder, editor of The Farmer's Cabinet and American Herd Book, reinterpreted it as a giant tortoise and sent a letter and sketch to Petty Vaughan dated November 20, 1841 outlining his ideas:

"After minute investigation, and repeated opportunity for examination of the Skeleton of the Missourium, I have been led to conclude that the animal was a Monster of the Tortoise Tribe 32 feet long and correspondent width, with the power of with-drawing its head within its shell; the tusks then forming a mail of defense around its edge to ward off obstruction."

Sketch published in Simpson, G. G. 1936. Misconstructing a mastodon. Natural History, 37: 170-172.

https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/535025b6-b184-41a9-8fdb-86ca5d56b849

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode, 15, juillet 1841, Paris. Toilettes de Bal a la Campagne. Chapeaux de Mariton. Fleurs de Constantin. Etoffes de robes de Delisle. Façons de Mle. de Moismont. Dentelles de Doucet. Divan de Maigret. Ensemble de toilettes expédiées par la Maison de Commission Lassalle, 28 rue Taitbout. Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

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Sarah Miriam Peale, Mary Leypold Griffith (1838 - 1841), 1841, oil on canvas, 35 1⁄2 × 30 3⁄4 in. (90.2 × 78.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum, the Catherine Walden Myer Endowment, the Julia D. Strong Endowment, and the Pauline Edwards Bequest, 2015.13