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Preferred Citation

Robert McCandlish Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Miss Blincoe, 1922

Scope and Contents

Receipts, 1825-1839, of Robert McCandlish, an attorney, in Williamsburg, Va. which were pasted into a volume. Includes a receipt for the corporal punishment of enslaved persons and for a subscription for Randolph-Macon College.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Slavery--Virginia--19th century
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century