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620. WASHINGTON, LEWIS, AND MADISON FAMILY PAPERS

153 items, 1768-1866
Consists mainly of the personal and political correspondence of these important Virginia families. In the Madison collection is an 1844 deed for slaves and a January 22, 1853, letter from John Tyler to Thomas Ritchie concerning the emancipation of slaves etc. In the Lewis collection are documents relating to free blacks, 1814-18.
(McGregor Library Acc. 2988)