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249. CARR AND CARY FAMILY PAPERS

417 items, 1785-1839
Family correspondence between the related members of the Carr, Cary, Randolph, Nicholas, Jefferson, and Stevenson families of Albemarle and Fluvanna counties. There are some scattered references to slavery, such as a December 31, 1806, letter from Peter Carr to Mary Carr informing her of the sale of a slave, Nelly; "the poor creature is so distressed."
(Acc. 1231)