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Edmund Ruffin, Jr. Farm Journal, 1841-1843

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2003.64

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Dates

  • Creation: 1841-1843

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Biographical / Historical

Edmund Ruffin, Jr. was a planter in Virginia. His father, Edmund Ruffin, Sr., was an enslaver and planter who authored pro-slavery and pro-seccessonist writings in the lead up to the Civil War.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet

Language

English

Related Materials

Other farm journals of Edmund Ruffin, Jr. are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina.

Title
Edmund Ruffin, Jr. Farm Journal, 1841-1843
Status
Completed
Author
SCRC staff
Date
2020-04-08
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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