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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Isaac L. Carey Correspondence, 1850-1867, Ms2025-036, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Isaac L. Carey Correspondence, 1850s-1867, was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives March 2020.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Isaac L. Carey Correspondence, 1850s-1867, was completed in June 2025.

Biographical note

Isaac L. Carey was born in the year 1800 in New Jersey and married Sarah Carey in Richmond, Virginia, September 10, 1831. He was an enslaver in Virginia, who left the state afer the start of the American Civil War, then returned to Richmond after the war, where he died in 1882.

external sources:

Isaac L. Cary. August 31, 2009. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41401562/isaac-l.-cary. Accessed June 5, 2025.

Isaac L. Cary in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850. Ancestory Library. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/3723/records/50544. Accessed June 5, 2025.

Scope and Content

This collection includes four letters written by Isaac L. Carey between the 1850's and 1867, during the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War. The letters incude his opinions on Reconstruction as a former enslaver that is financially affected by it. The first letter is undated. The second was written September 16, 1863, the third on March 16, 1866, and the fourth on July 3, 1867.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Isaac L. Carey Correspondence, 1850s-1867, by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).