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517. PERRY, MARTIN, AND McCUE FAMILY PAPERS
ca. 625 items, ca. 1805-1930
Business and personal papers of these related northern Virginia
families. There are infrequent references to slavery, such as a December 29, 1856, letter from Lexington mentioning a good deal of "excitement
about some fears lest there should be a Negro riot." A July 17, 1864, letter from a Confederate
soldier requests that his uncle trade a slave for a good horse for him.
(Acc. 6806-b)
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