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I suspect the word "top stack" is misread or miswritten. Haystack seems a logical word in context.
Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian
The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center
for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC)
Prince William Public Libraries
Central Communiity Library
8601 Mathis Avenue
Manassas, VA 20110
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In an 1811 court document, there is reference to an enslaved man being jailed for "burning a top stack." Does anyone have any idea what "top stack" might mean in this context?
I was thinking it might be an agricultural reference (like in haystack), but can find nothing conclusive.
Thanks,
Vince
*Vincent T. Brooks*
Senior Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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