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Edward Dixon papers 1768.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dixon, Edward, approximately 1700-1779.
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dixon, Edward, approximately 1700-1779.
- Dixon, Edward.
- Merchants--Virginia.
- Merchants.
- Plantations--Virginia.
- Plantations.
- Commerce.
- Slavery.
- Virginia.
- Slavery--Virginia.
- Tobacco industry--Virginia--History.
- Tobacco industry.
- History.
- Great Britain--Commerce--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Virginia--Commerce--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (38 manuscripts; 1 item).
- Other Title:
- Institution of slavery
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.
- Place of Publication:
- 1768.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This collection houses the ledgers, daybooks, wastebooks, account books, and letters of Edward Dixon, a prominent merchant in Caroline County, Virginia. His papers allow researchers to learn about the tobacco economy of colonial Virginia, for which many slaves labored.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
- Local Notes:
- aImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.
- OCLC:
- 822973789
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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