Papers of the Carrington family, 1828-1864.

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Papers of the Carrington family, 1828-1864.

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Topics in various family letters include thanks to Francis Preston for a loan, praise for William Campbell Preston, stopping the requisition of a slave by the Confederate Army, James McDowell Carrington a prisoner of war in 1864 and in need of financial help, and family news from William C. Preston of South Carolina. In addition the collection contains a resolution, 1855, of the Fincastle, Va., Sons of Temperance, on the death of Edward C. Carrington, and a report, n.d., of Edward C. Carrington as representative for state held stock in the Roanoke Navigation Company, recommending a canal be built between Danville, Va., and Weldon, N.C.

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