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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
Eliza Jones Memorandum Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Af7
Scope and Contents
Kept by Eliza Jones of "Concord," Gloucester Co., Va. containing household and farm accounts, 1831-1843. Includes names of slaves and clothing purchased for them. 93 p. : bound volume ; 16 cm.
Dates:
1831-1843
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center