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551. RIVES, SEARS, AND RHINELANDER FAMILY PAPERS

278 items, 1829-1953
Correspondence, business and legal papers, genealogical papers, diary, photographs, clippings, and memorabilia of the Rives family, especially William Cabell Rives, Sr., Judith Page Walker Rives, William Cabell Rives, Jr., Grace Winthrop Sears Rives, and William Cabell Rives III. An 1845 letter describes a plantation on a Louisiana bayou and a slave-pulled towboat.
(Acc. 10596)