Carter family papers, 1858-1924.

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Carter family papers, 1858-1924.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612774339

Includes autograph correspondence (and typescript transcripts) of the Carter family, but the majority is to Hamilton Carter. Letters mostly concern news of family and friends and events of the day. Also includes: Hamilton Carter's household bills and receipts and tax receipts, as well as invitations, a tintype portrait, notes on funeral plans, menu, and other miscellany.

2 boxes (.75 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7797414

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Carter family.

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The Carter family was an African-American slave family from Virginia who survived the Civil War and went on to build a life in and around Richmond. Polly Carter (d.1872) originally lived on "Master Warner's" plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, with her husband and two children, Albert and Alexander. Another son, Hamilton Carter, resided in nearby Richmond and was either a bondsman or a free man. During the Civil War Hamilton was employed as dining room servant to Henry C. Beuce, the propr...

Carter, Polly, d.1872.

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Carter, Martha Glenn.

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Carter, Hamilton B.

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Carter, Cassie.

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