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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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