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Anderson family. Papers, 1762-1950.

Title: Papers, 1762-1950.

Correspondence, legal papers, account books, cookbooks, dockets, public records, and genealogical material.

ArchivalResource: 9 ft.

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Nesbitt, Robert. Robert Nesbitt papers, 1796-1816; (bulk, 1796-1804).

Title: Robert Nesbitt papers, 1796-1816; (bulk, 1796-1804).

Consisting of volume, 1796-1804, medical account book re house calls made to treat illnesses at the households of "Planter Pawley," "Planter Weston," and various others; most entries identify slaves by name and describe treatments prescribed by Nesbitt; and published volume, The Medical Companion: Treating, According to the Most Successful Practice ..., by James Ewell, physician of Washington, D.C., and formerly of Savannah, Ga., and Lancaster County, Va., re recommendations for health among slaves; personal hygiene, medicinal plants and recipes, and other essays, including his account of the capture of Washington, D.C., by the British, August 1814; inscribed with Robert Nesbitt's signature.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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