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479. CALLOHILL MENNIS PAPERS
ca. 550 items, ca. 1765-1850
Business, personal, and legal papers of this Bedford County lawyer. A letter of
January 17, 1820, from John Mays to
Mennis asks about two runaway slaves; a March 1827 letter from Thomas
Preston concerns
the purchase of a slave whose leg
had been withered by disease; and various other letters and legal memoranda
discuss hiring out and other slavery activities.
(Acc. 1993)
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