Papers of James Williams Morton [manuscript], 1889-1909.

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Papers of James Williams Morton [manuscript], 1889-1909.

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Morton's legal correspondence constitutes the bulk of the collection. Most of it concerns debt collection but there are many items from routine legal cases he handled and some personal letters from relatives and friends including his former partner, James Lawson Kemper, and his overseer at "Soldier's Rest" John E. Grady. There are a few political letters from WiIliam Henry Fitzhugh Lee concerning the Orange County Democratic Party. Larger topics include the building of a new home and the settlement of the estate of George Terrell. A record book and index to the 1895-98 correspondence completes the collection.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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