Letter, 1786 Oct[obe]r 27, Caroline [Co., Va.] to Richard Gaines, Culpeper [Co., Va.].

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Letter, 1786 Oct[obe]r 27, Caroline [Co., Va.] to Richard Gaines, Culpeper [Co., Va.].

Gives advice to Gaines concerning the bequests in the will of his father, William H. Gaines to Richard's sister, Isbell and brother, Tommy. Endorsement mentions Philip Slaughter as ex[ecut]or of William H. Gaines.

3 p. on l leaf ; 19 cm.

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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the position of Speaker. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia's delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry, signed the Continental Association, and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared inde...

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Gaines, Richard L.

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Slaughter, Philip, 1808-1890

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Rev. Philip Slaughter (1808-1890), Episcopalian clergyman, historian, and author. He was associate editor of the Southern Churchman, pastor of Emmanuel Church in Culpeper County, and historiographer of the diocese of Virginia. He was author of many religious and historical publications, including "Life of Hon. William Green, jurist and scholar" (1883) and "The Colonial church of Virginia" (1885). From the description of Letters from Philip Slaughter to R. A. Brock, 1875-1894. (Huntin...

Gaines, Isbell.

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Gaines, William H., d. ca. 1786.

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