Dickinson, Pleasant. Papers of Pleasant Dickinson, 1822-1892 (bulk 1822-1858).
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Papers of Pleasant Dickinson, 1822-1892 (bulk 1822-1858).
Include correspondence, 1822-1858, 1892, of members of the Dickinson family, chiefly Pleasant Dickinson, Edwin W. Burwell, Joseph Dickinson, and Martha Dickinson, concerning family news, mercantile business in Franklin Co., Va., the sale of a slave, debt payments, tobacco sales, Virginia politics, and a proposed postal route. Also include letter, 1836, from Joel Shrewsbury to Pleasant Dickinson concerning politics, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and national economic stress; letter, 1848, from a University of Virginia student to his brother concerning student life and temperance; and letter, 1853, from Edwin to Miss Sallie concerning a fugitive slave captured in Cincinnati, Ohio, his purchase of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and his proposal of marriage. Also include miscellaneous receipts and warrants, 1824-1837, of John Glass, Franklin Haden, and Benjamin Shepherd, all of Franklin Co., Va.; accounts, 1835, 1855, of Pleasant Dickinson; printed advertisement, 1857, for horse collars; and miscellaneous letter fragments.
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