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from folder 1022: Letter from Paul C. Cameron to Margaret B. Cameron, Dec 2, 1847
2 December 1847: letter from Paul C. Cameron, Fairntosh, to Margaret B. Cameron, Raleigh, mentioning Squire as the letter carrier, and reporting that Abner at Stagville was recovering from sickness, and that Luke, the enslaved foreman, was unlikely to recover. Lotty, the former housekeeper of...
from folder 1024: Letter from Anne Ruffin Cameron to Paul C. Cameron, Jan 8, 1848
8 January 1848: letter from Anne Ruffin Cameron, Stagville, to Paul C. Cameron, New Orleans, mentioning Davey, Abner at Stagville, Gabriel at Person, the death of Bill Green's infant, "Old Uncle Joe," and Jenny, all of whom were enslaved people.
from folder 1031: Letter from Paul C. Cameron to Duncan Cameron, April 19, 1848
19 April 1848: letter from Paul C. Cameron, Fairntosh, to Duncan Cameron, Raleigh, mentioning Virgil, Squire, Jim, and Luke, who were all enslaved, as well as Virgil Bennehan, who was emancipated by Thomas D. Bennehan's will and moved with his family to Liberia.
from folder 1033: Letter from Virgil P. M. Bennehan to Paul C. Cameron, May 29, 1848
29 May 1848: Virgil P. M. Bennehan, Grand Bassa, Liberia, to Paul C. Cameron, Stagville, reporting of his family's arrival and sending individual greetings to many enslaved people.
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from folder 1073: Letter from Annie Cameron to Paul C. Cameron, Feb 28, 1850
28 February 1850: Annie Cameron, Raleigh, N.C., to Paul C. Cameron, Fairntosh, mentioning Patty and Mary, who were enslaved people at Hillsboro and Hard Scrabble, as sources of news.
from folder 1073: Letter from John P. Webster to Paul C. Cameron, Feb 13, 1850
13 February 1850: letter from John P. Webster, Greene County, Ala., to Paul C. Cameron, Stagville, Orange County, N.C., mentioning Molly, York, and Peggy, all of whom were enslaved people.
from folder 1073: Letter from Paul C. Cameron to Margaret B. Cameron, Feb 20, 1850
20 February 1850: letter from Paul C. Cameron, Raleigh, N.C., to Margaret B. Cameron, Philadelphia, mentioning household maintenance performed by [Oberly?], John, Stanley, and Allan, all of whom were enslaved.
from folder 1073: Letter from Paul C. Cameron to Margaret B. Cameron, Feb 5, 1850
5 February 1850: letter from Paul C. Cameron, Stagville, Orange County, N.C., to Margaret B. Cameron, Philadelphia, mentioning the failing health of William, the son of [Oly?], who was enslaved and at Bobbitt's, and Aunt Patty, who was enslaved and at Stagville. He also mentioned Harriet, who...
from folder 1197: Letter from J. P. Lesley to Mildred C. Cameron, Sept 4, 1859
4 September 1859: letter from J. P. Lesley in Philadelphia to Mildred C. Cameron in Raleigh, regarding Mary Walker, a formerly enslaved nurse who had self-emancipated from the Cameron family in 1848 by running away during a trip to Philadelphia for medical treatment of Mildred. Lesley wrote on...
from folder 1197: Letter from Lizzie Jones to "My Dear Cousin," Sept 23, 1859
23 September 1859: letter from Lizzie Jones to "My Dear Cousin" in Hillsboro, mentioning that travel by boat or railroad with enslaved people required a bond.