Glasgow, Alexander M., Papers 1795-1888

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Glasgow, Alexander M., Papers 1795-1888

Comprised of correspondence, accountsbooks and financial papers, land and legal papers, literary productions, minutes,speeches, and a printed pamphlet, the Alexander M. Glasgow Papers, 1795-1888,document social and family life in Virginia throughout the 19th century, includingthe Civil War, tobacco culture, slavery, and Washington College.

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