59. RICHARD CORBIN PAPERS
350 items, 1746-1818
Letters and account of Richard Corbin, receiver general of Virginia. Included is a 1774-75 diary of John
Harrower, who before he became an overseer for the Corbin family was an indentured servant from Scotland who taught the children of William Dangerfield of
Fredericksburg. Harrower's diary has been published in the American Historical
Review 6 (1900): 65-107. On April 20, 1775,
he noted that a slave of Corbin's who turned a
horse loose had been given "39 laches with Hickry switches." In the loose
papers are many lists of slaves at various places in the Tidewater area.
(Acc. DMS 71.5)
