Papers of John H. Martin, 1842-1870.

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Papers of John H. Martin, 1842-1870.

Include two account books, 1842-1851 and 1850-1859, of John H. Martin of Caroline County, Va., containing business and personal accounts, weather observations, slave birth records, slave hiring accounts, freedmen's accounts, and accounts of expenditures of daughter Catherine Martin and of Younger Martin. And include accounts, for the county poor and for Enon Church. Also include letters, 1847-1870, of John H. Martin and Henry Martin concerning social and business matters, copy of deed, 1847, for land in Caroline County, Va., freedmen's contracts and miscellaneous loose accounts.

50 (ca.) items. + 2 v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7344163

University of Virginia. Library

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Martin, Catherine, 1848-1937

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Enon Church (Caroline County, Va.)

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Martin, Younger.

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Martin, Henry, 1852-1927

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Series of letters written to and by Henry Martin during his tenure as Superindendent of Indian Affiairs in the 1860s. Two 1861 lettters to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole, both written by Martin in Salt Lake City, include Martin's descriptions of Mormons encamped on Indian Reserve land in Utah (with an "intention to...hold possession"), of conflicts between Ute Indians and white settlers, and of his sending contracts to Jones and Carwright for "freighting United States Indian Good...

Martin, John H.

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Plantation owner of Caroline County, Va. From the description of Papers of John H. Martin, 1842-1870. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32672052 ...