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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)
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