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514. PAYNE FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 60 items, 1849-62
Personal correspondence of Bettie V. Jones Payne and William J. Payne of Fluvanna County. A November 23, 1853, letter from James M. Payne in Arkansas to his brother William mentions that he had recently purchased a woman as a slave but she had run away the next day.
(Acc. 10530)