Legal Papers, 1837-1866
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Series begins with a brief descriptive sketch of the Proctors and the nature of this collection. The legal papers include documents demonstrating that Alexander and Margaret Proctor were free persons in Virginia and North Carolina. The papers also document the travels and various life events of the Proctor family up through Margaret Proctor's permission to return to the U.S. after the death of her husband Alexander Proctor in St. Marc, Haiti, in 1865.
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