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The papers\n         include correspondence between \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Carr\u003c/persname\u003e(1770-1815), nephew of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname normal=\"Hetty Carr\"\u003eHester \"Hetty\" Smith Stevenson\n         Carr\u003c/persname\u003e(1767-1834), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Pitt Stevenson\u003c/persname\u003e(d.1819), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDabney S. 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