Illness
Subject
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E. A. Preston Letter to Judith Merriweather
Collection
Identifier: SC 01532
Scope and Contents
Three page letter to cousin about Preston's slaves being ill, mentioning that they "lost one fine girl" out of their slaves to illness. Addresses inquiries about buying "good land" and "good Negroes" in the country, talks about the settlement of Texas and how "many from Virginia are moving to Texas" and how a fine society might develop there. Preston writes that the slaves "will occasion great distress in this country some time, and not at a distant period." Postscript mentions that land and...
Dates:
1837 September 10
Found in:
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