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277. COOLIDGE-JEFFERSON COLLECTION
ca. 300 items, ca. 1790-1840
Mainly personal correspondence of Thomas
Jefferson's descendants, especially his granddaughter Ellen Wayles Coolidge. The letters contain some
discussion of slavery, such as one of August
1825 from Martha Randolph to Ellen mentioning complications in selling slaves.
(Acc. 9090)
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