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Preferred Citation:

James Harris Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Scope and Contents

Letters, 1845-1852, received by James Harris at Diana Mills, Buckingham County, Va. Several of the letters as well as a printed circular, 1854, concern tobacco prices and letter, 2 March [18]52, written by brother William A. Harris concerns estate of another brother Benjamin [Harris ?].

Related Material

Virginia Historical Society:

Mss6:1 H2445:5, Locust Grove : a Harris plantation in Buckingham County and the people who lived there.  Compiled in 2009 by Joanne Yeck.

Mss1 AL546 c, Papers, 1829-1918, of the Allen family of Buckingham County, Va. Contain the papers of several generations of the Allen and related Harris families of Buckingham County, Va.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Correspondence
• Harris, William A.
• Tobacco--Virginia--History--19th century