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Box Small Collections Box 15

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Persons enslaved by Mark Alexander Senior of the county of Mecklenburg..., 1865 April 9

 Item — Box: Small Collections Box 15, Folder: 1, Object: 4
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A list of 217 persons enslaved by Mark Alexander Senior of Mecklenburg County, Va., on the day of the surrender of the Army of Virginia by Gen. Robert E. Lee, giving names, ages, sex, and occupations.

Dates: 1865 April 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Alexander Family Papers

Letter from David Wilkie to Francis Collins, 1830 March 14

 Item — Box: Small Collections Box 15, Folder: 1, Object: 4
Identifier: id524
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D. Wilkie, Kensington [London], to Francis Collins, [London]. Wilkie expects Collins on Tuesday with the frame along with the people to put it up.

Dates: 1830 March 14
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Sir David Wilkie Papers

Cassimere Churchill, Washington, to "Dear parents", 1861 December 24

 Item — Box: Small Collections Box 15, Folder: 1, Object: 4
Identifier: cuid297
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Note on top of letter: "Please do not let anyone see this." Cassimere writes of his drilling exercises. He was sick and got medicine, but threw it away so he could "die a natural death." A comrade gave him coal and molasses. He describes cooking utensils and cooking in his tent.

Dates: 1861 December 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Cassimere Churchill Papers / Letters