248. CARR FAMILY PAPERS
ca. 1,500 items, 1745-1880
Personal and business papers of the Carr family and George Carr of
Albemarle County. Included are references to
the emancipation of slaves and an estate evaluation. See items dated November 14, 1830,
November 29, 1837, June 14, 1847,
and February 13 and April 18, 1854, for
emancipated slaves; January 5, 1822, for the
separation of slave families; and an 1840 speech.
Also included are a photograph of a black woman (Poore family) and a May 6, 1868,
letter about the death of a black woman.
(Acc. 4869, etc.)
