Letters of Paxton, Francis Paxton, General John W. Steenbergen, and attorney W.A. Glasgow [manuscript], 1861, 1866-1867.

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Letters of Paxton, Francis Paxton, General John W. Steenbergen, and attorney W.A. Glasgow [manuscript], 1861, 1866-1867.

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The letters discuss difficulties settling the Jordan estates caused by the Civil War and Reconstruction. They mention the effect of the blockade on the sale of tobacco, personal financial losses in the Civil War, local patriotism in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties, money due for Negroes and a disputed codicil to the will.

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Glasgow, W.A.

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