Robert Carter papers, 1685-1828 (bulk 1774-1804).
- 70 items. 3 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 1.2 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memorandum books, account books, religious writings, and other papers relating primarily to Carter's operation of Nomini Hall in Westmoreland County, Va., his other Virginia estates, the shipment of tobacco, the Baltimore Iron Works, the Baptists, and the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem. Subjects include farm tenancy and abolition of slavery. Correspondents include his son, George Carter; Spencer Ball; Daniel Carroll; Benjamin Dawson; Daniel Dulany; Bryan Fairfax, Baron Fairfax; Joseph Jones; Thomas Ludwell Lee; Luther Martin; John James Maund; and Henry Tazewell.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976.
Tobacco planter and iron manufacturer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009044
Agriculture--Virginia. Baptists. Farm tenancy--Virginia. Iron industry and trade--Maryland--Baltimore. New Jerusalem Church. Plantations--Virginia. Slavery--United States. Tobacco industry--Virginia.