It is indeed. Thanks, Stephen!
On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:32 PM Blaiklock, Stephen N <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It looks like a few 19th-century publications suggest a "top stack" is a
> term for a sort of fodder house (a temporary or permanent structure for
> drying or storing fodder?):
>
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=%22top+stack%22+%22fodder+house%22&hl=en&source=lnt&tbm=bks&tbas=0&biw=1920&bih=927&dpr=1
>
> A couple of references on making a "top-stack":
>
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=1FvUAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22top%20stack%22&pg=PA111
>
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=-UEkAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22top%20stack%22&pg=PA147
>
>
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> 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.
> >
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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.
> >
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> > Vince
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