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Fletcher Harris Archer Papers, 1842-1894

Fletcher Harris Archer

Papers, 1842-1894, of Fletcher Harris Archer, attorney, Mexican War officer, Confederate army officer, and Petersburg mayor, and his family, including business records, correspondence, and suit papers. The business records include an account book, accounts, and receipts, primarily of Allin Archer, Fletcher's father and a miller in Petersburg. The letters are from friends, family, and business associates, covering myriad topics, such as family, religion, school, weather, crops, court cases, legal matters, business affairs, and politics. Of note are the letters concerning the disputed Petersburg mayoral election of 1882 between Archer and Thomas J. Jarratt (1817-1895). Also includes the constitution and by-laws of the Association of United Volunteers, a Mexican War veterans organization for members of Companies D and E of the Virginia Regiment of Volunteers, and a list of instructions, ca. 1869, for registering voters and working at the polls.

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