646. WRIGHT FAMILY PAPERS
16 items, 1839-89
A small collection of personal papers of Dr. William Wright of Amherst County. A
letter of December 1845 from Macon County, N.C., to William Wright
informs him that the writer was quite happy with a slave [Jourdin?] received
from him and that Jourdin sent his regards to all, "both white and black."
Also a letter of November 10, 1847, from
Sheldon Wright to Dr. William Wright notes that Sheldon had
sold his slave Nancy and her children for $740;
he could have received a higher price if he had separated them, but he chose
not to.
(Acc. 3824)
