636. WILSON, WHITEHEAD, AND HOUSTON FAMILY PAPERS
21 items, 1831-65
Personal, business, and legal papers of these Rockbridge County families. An 1840
letter from Jesse Scott to Thomas Wilson complains that the slaves had not milked the cows
clean; a September 11, 1856, letter from
James Whitehead in the Kansas territory
states that "we met the pro-slavery army"; and a May 6, 1861, letter from N. [Willson]
of Troy, N.Y., to E[liza
Wilson] of Rockbridge County, expresses
the author's views on slavery and the danger from bands of blacks during the
war.
(Acc. 38-490)
