Robert Carter papers, 1685-1828 (bulk 1774-1804).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 70 items; 3 containers; 2 microfilm reels; 1.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Ball, Spencer, 1762-1832 -- Correspondence
- Carroll, Daniel, 1764-1849 -- Correspondence
- Carter, George, 1777- -- Correspondence
- Dawson, Benjamin -- Correspondence
- Dulany, Daniel, 1685-1753 -- Correspondence
- Fairfax, Bryan Fairfax, Baron, 1736-1802 -- Correspondence
- Jones, Joseph, 1727-1805 -- Correspondence
- Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778 -- Correspondence
- Martin, Luther, 1748-1826 -- Correspondence
- Maund, John James -- Correspondence
- Tazewell, Henry, 1753-1799 -- Correspondence
- Baltimore Iron Works (Baltimore, Md.)
- Agriculture -- Virginia
- Baptists
- Farm tenancy -- Virginia
- Iron industry and trade -- Maryland -- Baltimore
- New Jerusalem Church
- Plantations -- Virginia
- Slavery -- United States
- Tobacco industry -- Virginia
- Nomini Hall (Westmoreland County, Va. : Estate)
- Iron manufacturers
- Plantation owners
- Microfilm edition available, no. 16,856.
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 edition available, no. 16,856.
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
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