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Size | About 85 items (1 reel of microfilm) |
Abstract | Scattered personal correspondence of the Hill and Kean families of Caroline County, Va., and the Prescott and Moore families of Louisiana. Topics include the War of 1812, economic conditions in the 1840s, and planting in Louisiana; slavery in Virginia; and Reconstruction in both states. Included are scattered papers of Robert Garlick Hill Kean (1822- 1898) of Virginia, but no papers relating to his service in the Confederate government, and of John Moore (1788-1867), U.S. representative from Louisiana. |
Creator | Hill (Family : Caroline County, Va.)
Kean (Family : Caroline County, Va.) Moore (Family : Moore, J. (John), 1788-1867) Prescott (Family : Moore, J. (John), 1788-1867) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Scattered personal correspondence of the Hill and Kean families of Caroline County, Va., and the Prescott and Moore families of Louisiana. Topics include the War of 1812, economic conditions in the 1840s, and planting in Louisiana; slavery in Virginia; and Reconstruction in both states. Included are scattered papers of Robert Garlick Hill Kean (1822- 1898) of Virginia, but no papers relating to his service in the Confederate government, and of John Moore (1788-1867), U.S. representative from Louisiana.
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