Papers, 1764-1890.

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Papers, 1764-1890.

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Correspondence of the Clark family of Albemarle Co., Va., and of related families in Virginia and Georgia. The early letters from Virginia deal with family matters, social life, farming, commerce, politics, and the Revolution. Anderson family letters refer to religion and include letters from a soldier in the War of 1812 describing the American blockade of the British in Alexandria, Va., and life at Camp Mitchell near Richmond. The papers of the Clarks in Georgia begin in 1840 and concern social and plantation life, land transactions, migrations, slave sales and purchases, and Emory College. There are several Civil War letters from various branches of the family, including those from soldiers, one of which concerns the construction of the ironclad, C.S.S. Virginia, at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The collection also contains the account books of a family distillery business in Campbell Co., Va. (1796-1800) and the medical accounts of Dr. Samuel B. Clark of Brothersville, Ga. (1846-1869).

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964865

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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