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Charles Deane letter to Samuel Eliot(1879 October 17)

  • MS 1937.5
  • Microfilm: M-1561
  • 1 item

Single letter from Charles Deane (1813–1889) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Samuel Eliot (1821–1898) of Boston, Massachusetts, apparently answering a question about the introduction of slaves into Virginia.

Charles Deane was a merchant with the firm of Waterston, Pray & Company. He retired from the firm in 1864 and devoted himself to the research early American history.

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