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Blaine Family Collection, Accession 11229, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
These letters were given to the University of Virginia Library by Gerald McKinney , Cleveland, Georgia , on April 1, 1996 .
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
This collection consists of four documents and letters pertaining to Nathan Blain[e] , Rock Springs, Nelson County, Virginia , including two slave bills of sale to Blain[e], one from Henry Martin , January 3, 1810, for Nancy , and one from William B. Harris , of Albemarle County , November 15, 1822, for Sam , Patsy , and Charlotte . The two letters are both from Richard Perkins to Blain[e], and the first tells of his arrival at Mr. Lankford's, the illness of Betty on the road, the theft of his horse and the economic prospects of his new home (1822 Dec 21); in the second letter Perkins writes that Betty is still sick, he is puzzled at not receiving any letter from Blaine, and reports on the condition of the crops so far this year (1824 Jun 20).