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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 8

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Edward C. Mead account books, 1896-1905

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Anna Maria (Campbell Hickman) Otis Mead Chalmers (1809-1891) and her family offer a deep look into a 19th century American family with a sharp focus on enslaved and formerly enslaved persons. The collection documents the life of a young, widowed woman, Anna Maria Mead Chalmers, who was the granddaughter of General William Hull (1753-1825). She was a mother of four children and became a businesswoman in Richmond, Virginia. She was a writer, an editor of the Southern Churchmen,...
Dates: 1896-1905