Charles Deane Letter, Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel Eliot, Oct. 17, 1879.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
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Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Charles Deane Letter, Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel Eliot, 1879 Oct. 17, Manuscript 1937.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Charles Deane, 1813-1889.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charles Deane Letter, Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel Eliot, 1879 Oct. 17, Manuscript 1937.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Single letter from Deane to Eliot, apparently answering a question about the introduction of slaves into Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Deane was a merchant with the firm of Waterston, Pray & Company. He retired from the firm in 1864 and devoted himself to the research early American history.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1937.
Physical description:
1 item (3 p. on 1 leaf)