Letterbook of Robert Wickliffe, 1817-1835.

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Letterbook of Robert Wickliffe, 1817-1835.

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The correspondence in the letterbook deals chiefly with financial and property suits but includes several cases of contested slave sales and runaways. There is correspondence from the following: Joseph Anderson, Henry Clay, and James DeWolfe. There is also correspondence with George Mason, Return Jonathan Meigs, Charles Fenton Mercer, Samuel Mifflin, Samuel Smith, and many others.

1 v. (ca. 200 p.)

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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