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386. GUSTAVUS RICHARD BROWN HORNER PAPERS
ca. 7,000 items, 1822-91
Personal correspondence, business records, account books, and diaries
of this medical doctor who served as ship's surgeon in the U.S. Navy.
Many letters written by relatives
in Warrenton mention the physical condition of slaves. An entry in the diary
for 1880 recounts a lynching near Warrenton.
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