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Meriweather Family Papers, 1792-1864.

Meriweather family.

Miscellaneous papers include land grant, April 26, 1792, for 820 acres of land in Jefferson County, Va., to Nicholas Meriweather; account, November 6, 1795, Richard Bowman to William Meriweather; notice, 1853, concerning the proposed route of the Louisville and Memphis Railroad; letter, 1860, from George P. Deweer, Rome [?], to John Brener, n.p., mentioning a Mr. Ray, a "Black Republican," and the Lincoln-Douglas election; letter, 1864, "Johnny," fortifications [at] South James River [near Petersburg], military activities in the area; and three undated pieces discussing the surrender of the Confederacy, the school system, and the White Star Steamship Line.

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