University of Virginia Library

604. TUCKER, HARRISON, AND SMlTH FAMILY PAPERS

ca. 22,500 items, ca. 1790-1940
Business, legal, and personal correspondence of these three Virginia families, much of it involving the University of Virginia. Scattered references to slavery include a March 14, 1861, letter from Gessner Harrison to Eliza Tucker Harrison threatening to whip a "malingering" slave and an August 27, 1862, letter on the cost of winter clothing for slaves.
(Acc. 3847)