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Carter, Robert, 1728-1804. Papers, 1772-1793.

Title: Papers, 1772-1793.

Includes letters written to Burgess Ball, Robert Bladen Carter, Augustine Davis, Dudley Digges, John Dixon, Lord Fairfax, Francis Fauquier, Jr., William Fitzhugh, William Holt, Hunter, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Walter Jones, Francis Lightfoot Lee, William Lee, Warner Lewis, Bishop James Madison, William Nelson, John Pinkney, Joseph Prentis, Robert Prentiss, Alexander Purdie, Peyton Randolph, Mrs. Anne Tasker, Henry Tazewell, John Tazewell, George Turberville, William A. Washington, and George Wythe. Subjects of the letters include Lord Dunmore, Richard Bland Lee, George Mercer, and William Small; the estate of Roger Dixon; church plate for Yeocomico Church; speech of Robert Carter to slaves concerning Dunmore's proclamation; gradual manumission of his slaves; care of illegimate children and the disabled by the parish; ordering goods from England; sale of an organ. Other subjects include weights and measures, description of dwelling house, cornhouse, and kitchen to be built at "Old Ordinary," [Westmoreland Co., Va.]; two volumes from library of Council of Virginia; and work done at Moratico Baptist Church; and engraving to be done by William Waddill of Williamsburg.

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Letter to Robert Carter, 1770 May 31

Title: Letter to Robert Carter 1770 May 31

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