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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)
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