United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Colonel Robert W. West Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 00096
Scope and Contents
One page letter from Colonel Robert W. West to Mrs. Lucy Tucker, Mrs. Lucy Hausford, and Mi[f]s. Emily Morrison dated 29 November 1863. It is a summons for the ladies to return to Mrs. Vest's home in Williamsburg, all of the property they took without permission. He requests them to comply within a week or he threatened to send colored troops to their homes to search and remove the items for them.
Dates:
1863 November 29
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center