490. MORTON-HALSEY FAMILY PAPERS
ca. 10,000 items, 1840-80
Correspondence and other papers of Colonel Jeremiah Morton, Jackson Morton, and
Joseph J. Halsey of Culpeper County. Included is material on Colonel Morton's participation in a slave trade centered in
Virginia and Mobile,
Alabama. Morton's personal account
book for 1836-47 and an 1861 slave account book reflect this interest. There
is also correspondence to Halsey from Northern
family and friends commenting on their reaction to slavery.
(Acc.
3995)
