Farley family papers, 1761-1902, bulk 1781-1856.

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Farley family. Farley family papers, 1761-1902, bulk 1781-1856.

Farley family papers, 1761-1902, bulk 1781-1856.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758450010

The Farley family papers contain the letters and legal documents of a well-educated Boston family during the first half of the 19th century. Among the family letters are items from Henry Wise Farley, living in Louisiana and Texas, that provide an interesting case of a northerner from a family with anti-slavery slavery sentiments becoming increasingly supportive of the southern slave labor system. The few letters from the period of the War of 1812 reflect the family's Federalist, anti-war sympathies.

0.5 linear feet.

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