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October 23, 1781

David Ross, memorandum on slaves at Yorktown

Virginia’s agent sets out his queries: people from South Carolina and Georgia to be sent home or set to work, those from New York proposed for the lead mines, and those claimed by British officers kept unless purchase was proved.

Where it is kept
George Washington Papers, Library of Congress, Series 4 (mgw429676). Three images; the second is a two-page spread.
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