Papers of Thomas A. Compton, 1825-1847.

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Papers of Thomas A. Compton, 1825-1847.

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Include family correspondence, 1825-1840, to Thomas A. Compton, chiefly from Walter and Elizabeth Compton, Henrietta Compton Burkly, and Burwell K. Wood, concerning news of friends and family in Virginia and Tennessee, teaching school in Tennessee, religion, a legal suit (Walter Compton v. Bird Eastham), an offer to sell slaves for land, emigration from Virginia, the poverty of the land in Virginia, observations on national and state politics, and courtship. Also include list, 1846, of personal property and slaves of Mrs. Margaret Shaw's estate (Mississippi); letter, 17 February 1847, asking the correspondent to help slaves cross a river in Mississippi.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337181

University of Virginia. Library

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Compton, Walter, 1941-1995

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Shaw, Margaret, d. ca. 1846

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Compton family.

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Compton, Thomas A.

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Represented in the collection are Thomas A. Compton, originally of Culpeper County, Va., later merchant in Mississippi; his parents, Walter and Elizabeth Compton, and his sister, Henrietta Compton Burkly, originally of Culpeper County, Va., later of Carroll County, Tenn.; and Burwell K. Wood, merchant, of Culpeper County and Gaines Crossroads (later Gainesville), Va. From the description of Papers of Thomas A. Compton, 1825-1847. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135448...

Wood, Burwell K.

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Burkly, Henrietta Compton.

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Compton, Elizabeth

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Epithet: née Shirley wife of James 5th Earl of Northampton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x000003 ...

Eastham, Bird.

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