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787. NASH FAMILY PAPERS

8,438 items, 1734-1889
Personal, business, legal, and political correspondence and accounts of this family of Red Hill, Powhatan County. There are frequent references to slavery, such as lists, inventories, and deeds. A 1792-1859 account book of John White Nash mentions a fee for defending two slaves accused of poisoning their master.
(MsslN11786a)