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337. GILLIAM FAMILY PAPERS

300 items, ca. 1840-90
Primarily business and personal correspondence of this family of High Meadow near Richmond. A number of letters discuss slave prices and the buying and selling of slaves, such as a June 29, 1859, letter of J. T. Foster to Gilliam commenting on the high price of slaves and the fact that he would have to send to "Delaware for our supply."
(Acc. 3593, -a)