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284. DABNEY AND DAVIS FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 13,000 items, ca. 1800-1970
Personal correspondence of these central Virginia families, primarily of Richard Heath Dabney and his wife Lucy Heth Davis Dabney. There are a few scattered references to slaves, such as a document hiring a slave in January 1865; a February 10, 1867, letter from Alice Dabney (a former slave) to "Old Master"; and a March 17, 1885, letter from another former slave, George Page, to Susan Dabney Smedes.
(Acc. 9852)