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436. LEWIS FAMILY PAPERS
ca. 200 items, ca. 1800-1860
Mainly business papers of this Essex County
family. The many slave entries include a May 18,
1810, letter from Erasmus Jones to
Vernon Lewis describing the sale and swap of
a slave, Esther, who wanted to remain with her
husband and an inventory of the slaves of the estate of Dr. John Lewis.
(Acc. 1525)
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