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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
Daniel Payne estate inventory
Collection
Identifier: SC 01811
Content Description
A 10 page estate account inventory record by Daniel Payne, the executor of Lawrence Washington's estate, Wakefield Plantation in Westmoreland Co., VA. The inventory names 18 enslaved people. 3 unnamed enslaved children are also listed. Also included is a postcard with an image of Wakefield.
Dates:
1843 - 1844; 1935
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center