Letters : to Benjamin James, 1791-1793.

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Letters : to Benjamin James, 1791-1793.

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Wilson, of Fredericksburg, Va., requests James, a law student in Charleston, S.C., to settle his brother's estate for him. Most of the letters deal with the settlement. Occasional Fredericksburg gossip is included. Of interest is the James family's plan to sell a slave to alleviate their son's financial distress.

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