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241. JOSEPH CARRINGTON CABELL PAPERS
ca. 5,000 items, ca. 1730-1920
Business, personal, and political papers of this Amherst (now Nelson) County planter,
businessman, and politician. Although much of the collection is political in
nature, there are detailed records concerning slavery and plantation life,
e.g., March and April
1814 letters reporting raids by the British in which slaves were
taken.
(Acc. 38-111, etc.)
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