Family papers 1789-1894.

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Family papers 1789-1894.

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Correspondence, account books, receipts, statements, and other papers, chiefly relating to Harris's training at West Point (1829-1833), his military career, and his tobacco business in Virginia, Kentucky, and England. Includes Civil War military papers and maps, accounts of the sale of slaves, and accounts of trade with Brazil. Also present are letters from Frederick Overton Harris, David's father, while in the Virginia House of Delegates, and from Nathaniel W. Harris, his brother and business partner. Other correspondents include P.G.T. Beauregard, D.H. Mahan, and Sylvanus Thayer.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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