Farm journals of John Marshall and Robert H. Gaines, 1856-1883.

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Farm journals of John Marshall and Robert H. Gaines, 1856-1883.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32135464

The journal, 1856-1857, of John Marshall describes the day-to-day tasks of running the Hermitage, a Prince Edward County, Va. plantation, including the weather, planting and harvesting, and frequent accounts of his interactions with slaves. The journal, 1871-1873, of Robert H. Gaines of Roxabel in Charlotte County, Va., lists crops planted, harvested, and sold, and daily life including social attitudes; the last pages of the journal function as an account book.

1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337191

University of Virginia. Library

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Marshall, John

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John Marshall, plantation owner of Prince Edward County, Va., and Robert H. Gaines, farmer of Charlotte County, Va. From the description of Farm journals of John Marshall and Robert H. Gaines, 1856-1883. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135464 ...

Gaines, Robert H.

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