Slaughter, Daniel, French papersDaniel French Slaughter papers MSS.15438Ellen WelchAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

3/6/17

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:48:25 +0000.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Daniel French Slaughter papers MSS.15438 Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/265 .04 Cubic Feet 7 folders in one half of a legal size document box 1827-1885 English Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection is a gift from John Thornton to the Small Special Collections at the University of Virginia Library on August 16, 2012.

 Arrangement

This collection is arranged by each family (Slaughter and Winston) and then by type of material, business, and family papes, documents, slave papers, Civil War letters, indentures, and miscellaneous

 Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions

 Preferred Citation

Daniel French Slaughter papers, 1827-1885, MSS 15438, Small Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia

 Scope and Contents

This collection of the Daniel French Slaughet papers, 250 items, one half-size legal document box, .04 cubic feet and contains the business and family correspondence of the Slaughter family, the Winston family and papers related to slavery, and the Civil War. There is also correspondence of Lewis Rogers to John Rogers and Charles Cocke to Jeremiah Morton.

Slaughter business and political correspondence Virginia Governor John M. Patton.

 Biographical / Historical

Daniel French Slaughter 1805-1882 was a Senator of Virginia from 1828 to 1836, in the House of Delegates from 1846 to 1847, Director of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and a farmer and slave owner in Culpeper, Virginia.

He married Letitia Madison in 1825 and had two children, Phillip Madison Slaughter and James Edwin Slaughter (politician). Letitia died in 1828 and Daniel was remarried to Mary Winston. They had five children Eliza French Slaughter, John Mercer Slaughter, Mary Wallace Slaughter, Caroline Slaughter, and Daniel Alexander Slaughter.

Daniel French Slaughter 1858-1963 was the son of Alexander Slaughter and married Caroline Nelson Strother, and was also a politician in Virginia.

Business and political correspondence, and documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/499001828-1870English11Business and political correspondence, and documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/499021872-1885English12Slave receipts Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/499051855-1861English13Scope and Contents

Of interest is receipt, 1855 Oct. 3, from Dickinson Hill & Co., Richmond, for the sale of four slaves (Emmeline, Aggy, Harriet, and Nelson) owned by Isaac Winston.

Family correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/499031841-1885 and undatedEnglish14Winston family correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/499041830-1867English15Halsey and Winston Civil War lettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/499061861; 1864English16Scope and Contents

There are two civil war lettes, one written on August 17, 1861 by A. W. Winston about skirmishes at Falls Church and waiting for orders to advance; and the other written in August 1864 by [Halsey] that conveys hope for a victory and a revenge on Gen. Early for killing women and children. Halsey's letter from Rapid Ann Station mentions rumors about the location of Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox and faith that Atlanta will be saved and Sherman's Army destroyed.

Rogers and Cocke lettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/499071827; 1872English17Scope and Contents

Lewis Rogers to his father John Rogers; Charles Cocke to Jeremiah Morton; J. R. Anderson to Jeremiah Morton