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17. CARTER FAMILY PAPERS

8,604 items, 1667-1862
Business, personal, and legal correspondence of the James River-area and Sabine Hall, Richmond County, Carter families. Principal correspondents are Robert "King" Carter, Robert Carter II, George Carter, Charles Carter, and Robert Wormeley Carter. Included are significant materials on slavery and the plantation economy.
(Acc. 39.1 C24)