University of Virginia Library

246. CAPERTON FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 400 items, ca. 1840-95 microfilm (M-2133)
Personal and business papers of the Caperton and allied families from Monroe City, containing few references to slavery, such as two letters from John Caperton in New Orleans to William Caperton in Monroe City, December 4, 1847, and January 2, 1848, in which John empowered William and others to sell all of his Virginia slaves and send him the money.
(Acc. 7482-b)