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Preferred Citation

Charles Deane Letter, Cambridge, Mass., to Samuel Eliot, 1879 Oct. 17, Manuscript 1937.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1937.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm (M-1561)

Biographical/Historical Information

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.

Scope and Content Information

Single letter from Deane to Eliot, apparently answering a question about the introduction of slaves into Virginia.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Deane, Charles, 1813-1889.
• Eliot, Samuel, 1821- 1898.

Subjects:

• Slavery--Virginia--History-- 17th century.

Geographical Names

• Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600- 1775.