Papers, 1821-1898.

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Papers, 1821-1898.

Bills, receipts, legal papers, maps, and family and business correspondence of Archer. The family correspondence consists chiefly of letters written by John J. Flournay from Henderson County, Ky., during the early 1870s to Nannie Archer, his fiancee, and are descriptive of his life in Henderson and his courtship of Miss Archer. The business correspondence deals primarily with affairs in Petersburg but also includes pension correspondence relating to the War with Mexico.

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Archer family.

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Archer, Fletcher Harris

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Soldier and lawyer of Petersburg, Va. From the description of Papers, 1804-1900. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105763 From the description of Papers, 1821-1898. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31977853 Petersburg, Va., lawyer. Archer was a student at the University of Virginia and served as a captain during the Mexican War and a colonel in the Confederate Army. From the description of Letters to Col. Archer from John Wil...