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Box 1

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Letters from John A. Marmaduke of Shepardstown and Hillsborough, Virginia, to William Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, 1819-1850, Undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id170310
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Discuss legal dispute over financial transactions with Isaac Larowe of Mason County, West Virginia; sale of land and slaves. Seven blacks ran away to Ohio. Marmaduke proposes that the blacks return and buy their freedom: $100 per male, $50 per female,, or $500 for the group of seven. If they refused to return he authorized his attorney, Sterrett, to have them ". . .taken and disposed of in any way. . .proper for my use and benefit." Letters discuss clearing land, fence...
Dates: 1819-1850, Undated