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196. BARNES FAMILY PAPERS
76 items, 1775-1873
Correspondence and business papers relating to this Lynchburg family, consisting mainly of letters from Charles F. Barnes and Edward
Barnes, Confederate soldiers, to their mother, Mrs. R. A. Barnes. Two letters from Charles Barnes describe a race riot in west Florida in
1865. A
1775-79 account book of
Richard Dabney, Jr., from the Richmond area includes entries for births and deaths
of slaves.
(Acc. 4444)
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