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KEAN AND PRESCOTT PAPERS, #2851, 1779-1881

Chiefly letters of families and connections of R. G. Hill Kean of Caroline County, Virginia, and of his wife, Adelaide Demarest Prescott of Louisiana. Included are Civil War accounts, accounts of slave sales (1856-1858), and records of the hire of free blacks (1866). Some letters are written in French. Microfilm available.