Letters, 1776-1803.

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Letters, 1776-1803.

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Letters, 1776-1798, from Joseph Herndon of Spotsylvania County, Va., to James Stevenson, an Episcopal priest, relating concerns of the status of the Episcopal Church after the American Revolution; reporting on local elections; telling of the imprisonment and hanging of slaves charged with murder; relating family and local concerns of employment, illness, deaths, etc.; and expounding on ecclesiastical and political topics. Letters, 1800-1803, to various friends and family members discussing philosophy, family, and local matters.

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