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 | Guide to African-American Documentary Resources in North Carolina |  |
GILES FAMILY PAPERS, #3391, 1727-1886; 1906
Personal correspondence (chiefly 1780s-1860s), deeds, wills, and miscellaneous papers of several generations of the Giles, Reston, Jocelyn, and other related families of Wilmington, North Carolina. Correspondence consists mainly of family matters and business, and includes letters from both Confederate and Union soldiers and a letter from a former Giles family slave (1882). The collection also contains a copy of a proslavery speech.
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