Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Event Type	ship's passage
Date	22 Oct 1831 to 9 Dec 1831
Count of People Involved	1

Events

66: 1831-10-22/1831-12-09, ship's passage, transporter: Orion

Associated Individuals

primary participant	Lewis Weignwright (emigrant)

Locations

Origin	Baltimore, Maryland
Destination	Monrovia

Vessels

Schooner	Orion

Notes

Maryland Colonization Society. Ship list dated 22 Oct, but may not have sailed until 9 Nov 1831 Dr. James Hall was aboard this voyage of the Orion according to AR article ARCJ29

Citations

[1] "Schooner Orion, 22 Oct 1831, Baltimore, Maryland", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 314 (https://www.fold3.com/image/46670314 : accessed 12 Feb 2021).
[2] "Schooner Orion, 22 Oct 1831, Baltimore, Maryland", Manumissions and Emigrants, Emigration, Record of Emigrants, Maryland State Colonization Society Papers, Maryland Historical Society; digital image, Maryland State Archives. Microfilm Reel 27 (http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc5977/scm013250/html/msa_sc5977_scm13250-0339.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[3] Maryland House of Delegates, "Document F. Report of the Colonization Society, in Answer to an Order of the House of Delegates of the Second January, Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Four;: Document A, Emigrants sent from Baltimore by the Maryland Colonization Society; Ship Orion, sailed Nov 1831", Library of Congress, Records of the States of the United States of America: A Microfilm Compilation; digital image, Maryland State Archives. Microfilm Reel MSA SC M 3172 (https://teaching.msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/003172/html/m3172-0841.html : accessed 15 Feb 2021).
[4] Maryland House of Delegates, "Document 4. Report of the Committee on the Coloured Population, of Answers of the President of the Colonization Society of Maryland, in Obedience to the Order Adopted by the House of Delegates, on the 4th January, 1841.: Document A, Referred to in the Foregoing Report. Emigrants sent from Baltimore by the Maryland State Colonization Society.; Schooner Orion, sailed Jul 1832"; digital image, Archive.org (https://archive.org/stream/committecoloured00mary#page/16/mode/2up : accessed 16 Feb 2021).
[5] "Departure of the Orion." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 7, No. 9 (Nov 1831): 285.
[6] "Latest from Liberia." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr 1832): 35.