Correspondence, 1855-1859, [1878?], 1908 and undated
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Of note in this series: several letters related to slavery, including a detailed commentary on the sale of enslaved persons in Richmond at "Myers," and Anderson's wishes for a carpenter and plasterer, 1855, and a printed circular on the market prices for enslaved persons in Richmond, April 1858; a letter from Anderson to abolitionist and educator Theodore Weld, introducing his daughter Haidee and her siblings, commenting on the status of enslaved persons in Virginia and elsewhere, and the wisdom of emancipating her, and asking for a place for Haidee at Eaglewood; a letter from Anderson to his daughter Haidee at school, instructing her in comportment and studying, and reporting on her siblings, mother, family, and health, 1857; and a letter from Anderson to his nephew William, on Haidee's health and arrangements to bring her back to Virginia, April 1858. There is also a note from a Stafford G. Cooke of Edgehill, Virginia, giving details of a suicide of Edward Russell, May 8, 1858.
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