1854-1863, 1865-1878, 1884, undated

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This folder includes the following items related to slavery: a letter dated January 8, 1854, negotiating the hire of enslaved men for public works; a letter from R.E. Mausen (Lynchburg, Virginia) to Davidson dated August 14, 1857, discussing Dr. Frederick Cousins, a free Black physician seeking payment from the estate of Mr. Salling(?) for the treatment of an enslaved man named Henry.

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