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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)
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