Papers, 1814-1870.

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Papers, 1814-1870.

Letters and accounts of William Massie, farmer and miller of "Pharsalia" and Tye River Mills, Nelson County, Va. Correspondents include Nathaniel Francis Cabell and Chiswell Dabney.

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Massie, William, 1795-1862

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Planter, of Nelson County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1766-1890. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019185 Beside his concerns as a planter and family man, William Massie served a term in the Virginia legislature and also gave financial support to Cyrus Hall McCormick when he was attempting to construct his reaper. From the description of Massie, William, papers, 1747-1919. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 21349057 ...

Cabell, Nathaniel Francis, 1807-1891

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Nathaniel Francis Cabell, 1807-1891, of Nelson County, Virginia, published numerous essays on agriculture and Swedenborgianism, edited the Jefferson and Cabell correspondence and the Lee papers, and wrote Cabell family histories. He married Anne Blaws Cocke, daughter of Gen. John Hartwell Cocke, and later married Mary M. Keller. See Alexander Brown, The Cabells and Their Kin (Harrisonburg, Va.: C.J. Carrier, 1978), pp. 657-660. From the description of Collection of papers relating to...

Dabney, Chiswell.

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