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13. BROWN, COALTER, AND TUCKER FAMILY PAPERS

4,276 items, 1769-1919
Personal, family, business, and legal correspondence of these families revealing life in Williamsburg, Staunton, Petersburg, and Fredericksburg. A December 30, 1814, letter from Samuel Brown relates the beating of a slave, Sarah, for insolence and of her husband Daniel who grabbed an axe to defend her. Of interest is material on plantation life in Bedford County. A September 26, 1831, letter describes the Nat Turner Rebellion.
(Acc. 65 B85)