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Re: What does it mean?
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"Brooks, Vincent" <[log in to unmask]>
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No, the word was not misread or miswritten.

According to The Farmer. Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, the Mechanic
Arts and Household Economy. Elliott & Shields, Published by Richmond, VA.
Volume I: Nos. 1-12 (January- December 1866), a "top stack" refers to
a building used to store silage for farm animals. It is also known as a
fodder house, which would have been a valuable farm commodity.


*Vincent T. Brooks*
Senior Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-3525
Fax 804-692-2277
*The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>



On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:25 PM Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This sounds VERY plausible - how clear is the handwritten text?
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:17 PM Wilson, Donald L <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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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
> > 703-792-8380
> > www.pwcgov.org/library/RELIC
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Subject: What does it mean?
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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
> > 800 East Broad St.
> > Richmond, VA 23219
> > 804-692-3525
> > Fax 804-692-2277
> > *The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>
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