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Barker-Cooke Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B24
Scope and Contents
Letters and business papers, chiefly 1848-1866, of James E. Cooke of Powhatan, Virginia and the Barker family of Fluvanna County, Virginia. Includes letters relating to the hiring out of slaves, plantation operations and the Civil War. Civil War letters are between John H. Barker and Henry J. Dobbs of the 18th Virginia Regiment of the Confederate army concerning the Battle of First Bull Run/Manassas.
Dates:
1809-1889; Majority of material found in 1848-1866
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
James Galt Diary, 1835-1844
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D10
Scope and Contents
Diary of James Galt, of "Point of Fork," Fluvanna County, Virginia which concerns farm management on several plantations, activities of himself and his family and includes lists of clothing given out to slaves (slaves listed by family group) and includes an incident concerning the alleged poisoning of slaves (entry for 18 January 1839.)
Dates:
1835-1844
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
M.E. Griffin Letter
Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 124, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 01765
Content Description
A letter from M. (possibly Margaret) E. Griffin to her cousin John Davis. In the letter, Griffin asks Davis to hire out or sell all of the enslaved people working on the plantation she inherited. She mentions that an enslaved man by the name of Henry struck her son Jordan, and left the plantation to go to Lynchburg without permission. Griffin states that Henry has been "increasing in insolence, till his presence can no longer be endured."Content warning for derogatory language...
Dates:
1863-11-29
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center