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Letters from Mrs. Frances Bland Tucker Coalter, Staunton, to John Coalter, 1809 September-October

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: id173346

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents This series of letters is concerned, among other problems, with the difficulty of meeting payments on Elm Grove, of a fight between two of their slaves, the treatment of one of the wives by slave husband and the imprisonment on the plantation of the two slaves. Effort to get a tooth pulled. Two doctors and, finally, "a shoemaker named Cease" were able to extract the tooth about a week after the first attempt was made. Alcoholism of a friend. Afflicting account of sister's situation at Bizarre. "She must come to us, as soon as she can leave Bizarre; which she says cannot be before Xmas, that she may complete the clothing of the Negroes."

Dates

  • Creation: 1809 September-October

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Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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Extent

From the Collection: 12.50 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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