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502. LAWRENCE O'BRYAN BRANCH PAPERS
ca. 650 items, ca. 1840-80
microfilm (M-2296)
Personal, political, and military
correspondence of this North Carolina citizen. The
correspondence between Branch and his wife
contains some comment on family slaves. A March 8,
1862, letter from J. Robert Jeffreys
in Pacific, North Carolina, answering a request
from Branch, replies that Jeffreys "drafted"
fifty-six free blacks and sent them to the chief engineer at New Bern, North Carolina.
(Acc. 10057)
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