A Guide to the John Patterson Letter 1808 Patterson, John 11248

A Guide to the John Patterson Letter 1808

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Accession number 11248

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11248

Title

John Patterson Letter 1808

Physical Characteristics

The item is a manuscript letter with a typed transcription.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

John Patterson Letter, 1808, Accession #11248, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the Library on July 5, 1996, from Franklin Gilliam Rare Books, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

This is a letter, October 17, 1808, from John Patterson, Alexandria, Virginia, to Peter Carr, requesting information from his brother Dabney Carr on Virginia legislature concerning the crossing of the state line into Virginia with one's slaves. Patterson had been informed that persons crossing into Virginia to reside can bring their slaves with an affidavit that they are for their own use and not to be sold, and would now like to have an opinion concerning this matter. He also mentions his brother William's hopeless state of health, sending Polly's maid Mary-Ann to Charlottesville, Virginia, and General [Samuel] Smith [possibly] ceasing to be a senator on the fourth of March. There is a typed transcription of the letter.