Randolph Family Papers ca. 1760-1930

Scope and content:

Personal correspondence and business papers of the Randolph, Page, and Taylor families (descendants of Thomas Jefferson) of Albemarle County, Virginia, including many of the papers of Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Included is a letter of January 11, 1827, from a P. Leubal to [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] mentioning that the slave he recently bought from him [Randolph] named Jeanette had been severely burned by the overseer and thrown into a fire twice and that he could not return her because she feared for her life but that he believed her value is much less than the sale price. #8937, etc.

Physical description:

ca. 6000 items.

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