Papers, 1783-1895; (bulk 1780-1842).

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Papers, 1783-1895; (bulk 1780-1842).

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Correspondence, largely dating from 1780-1842. The earlier letters are from Randolph and William Barksdale, merchants in Petersburg, Va., and concern the purchase of slaves, commercial activities, and tobacco culture during the late 18th century. Other subjects include the hiring out of slaves, the stabbing of Senator Ephraim Hubbard Foster of Tennessee (1841), cholera epidemics in New Orleans and Memphis (1849), yellow fever in Norfolk and Richmond (1850), student life at the University of Virginia, the Sons of Temperance, and local politics in Virginia and Tennessee.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6956523

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Sons of Temperance of North America

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Barksdale, Peter, 1783-1895.

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Tobacco farmer, of Halifax County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1783-1895; (bulk 1780-1842). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19106241 ...

Barksdale, William C.

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Foster, Ephraim Hubbard, 1794-1854

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Barksdale, Randolph.

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...