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Brock Collection: Papers of James Harford, (bulk 1767-1805)

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Brock Collection: Papers of James Harford, (bulk 1767-1805)

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Description: Correspondence, accounts and legal papers, chiefly pertaining to Harford's legal affairs in America. Included is correspondence of Robert Pleasants, Thomas Bates, William Fisher, James Cowles and Samuel Fisher, Benjamin Day, Oliver Towles, John Dixon, and Micajah Crew. There are items that document the sale of slaves. Also included is a letter of Edmund Pendleton discussion various opinions of the case
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1763-1729.
Call number: mssBR Box 27 (1)
Creator: Harford, James (-approximately 1829)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.
Associated people: Bates, Thomas, (active 1770-1779.); Brock, R. A. (1839-1914,)

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Day, Benjamin, (active 1770-1793.)

Fisher, James C. (active 1787-1805.)

Fisher, Samuel W., (active 1787-1805.)

Fisher, William, (active 1764-1778.)

Pendleton, Edmund, (1721-1803.)

Pleasants, Robert, (1723-1801.)

Crew, Micajah, (-approximately 1821.)

Towles, Oliver.

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