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607. TWYMAN FAMILY PAPERS
300 items, 1790-1890
Business, legal, and personal papers of this Albemarle County family. Slavery material includes a February 15, 1838, letter from George Twyman to his brother and mother in which he
mentioned hearing that they had lost a female slave and her baby; he was
"very sorry to hear of your losses in your black's." Two daybooks have
frequent entries on the hiring of slaves.
(Acc. 7808)
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