William Kercheval letter, 1803, Frederick County, Virginia, accession number 9096-ad [microform].

Author: Kercheval, William
Published: Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, [2001]
Copyright Date: ©2001
Physical Description: 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Additional Creators: University of Virginia. Library

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Series

Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series E, Selections from the University of Virginia Library. Part 6, Virginia plantations ; reel.17-0810

Summary

The collection contains a letter, Feb. 26, 1803, from a plantation overseer, William Kercheval, Frederick County, Va., to a plantation owner, Lawrence Lewis (1767-1839), Woodlawn plantation, Fairfax County, Va. The letter relates details of the management of a plantation in Frederick County, Va., including the successful use of a machine for wheat, illness among the plantation slaves, and the need for nails for weather boarding.

Subject(s)

Kercheval, William—Archives
Kercheval, William—Correspondence
Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839—Correspondence
Nails and spikes
Plantation overseers—Virginia—Frederick County—History—19th century—Sources
Plantation owners—Virginia—Fairfax County—History—19th century—Sources
Plantations—Management
Enslaved persons—Health and hygiene—Virginia—Frederick County—History—19th century—Sources
Wheat—Threshing—Machinery
Frederick County (Va.)—History—Sources
Virginia—History—19th century—Sources
Woodlawn Plantation (Va.)

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William Kercheval letter, 1803, Frederick County, Virginia, accession number 9096-ad [microform].

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