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994. WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON PAPERS

ca. 5,000 items, 1884-1935
Personal and business correspondence, manuscripts, and military papers of the highest-ranking black officer in the 6th Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The manuscripts include a biographical sketch and speeches. Included are hundreds of photographs of black citizens of Petersburg, many dating from the nineteenth century.
(Acc. 0057-3)