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Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Online Access

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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], James McDowell Papers, WLU Coll. 0045, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three documents: a land survey, Oct. 27, 1795, of 624 acres on the Big Calf Pasture River in Rockbridge County, Virginia; deed of trust between William Moore and Andrew Reid, Jr. in favor of McDowell, Oct. 8, 1804; deed of 29 1/2 acres on South River from David, an emancipated slave, and McDowell, Dec. 23, 1816. Included in the Control folder is a Thesis by Mary Boyce Hicks, "James McDowell and the Virginia Slavery Debate of 1831-32," Athens, Georgia, 2010.

Related Material

WLU Coll. 0449, James McDowell Correspondence

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Land use surveys
• Rivers
• Slavery
• Slavery. Virginia. Debate of 1831-32.
• Virginia -- Big Calf Pasture River
• Virginia -- Rockbridge County
• Virginia -- South River