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THBCIVIL WAR DONNAN FAMILY, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA ARCHIVES WITH ENSLAVED PERSONS CONTENT
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LiveNov 23, 2024
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- Lot Description
CIVIL WAR DONNAN FAMILY, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA ARCHIVES WITH ENSLAVED PERSONS CONTENT, comprising 60 Civil War postal covers, most with Confederate stamps and addressed to Alexander and/or James Donnan, Petersburg lawyers and slave traders, 34 of which retain their original correspondence, 16 having slave-related content, most discussing hiring out slaves as servants, a blacksmith, etc. or selling slaves, a number being highly detailed. Also included are five letters only, two containing slave-related content and one from camp near Culpeper C.H., May 15, 1863, accounting for a horse and back pay of deceased Corp'l W. W. Chappell, Co. E, 13th VA Cavalry. Other covers with letters include asking for help procuring $30 due for joining the Petersburg Volunteers, 1864 smallpox outbreak at Farmville Female College, and a March 28, 1863 letter from the Army of Northern Virginia camp near Fredericksburg mentioning General Lee. Notable covers include one with a US stamp postmarked May 31, 1861, the day that the US Postal Service ceased in the Confederate States, and another postmarked June 2?, 1861; Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Co., with letter; a Virginia Central R. R. everted cover; a cover inscribed "By Flag Truce Boat" with letter that mentions "Flag of Truce Boat"; and a cover franked by US Attorney-General James Speed with an April 14, 1865 letter signed by Speed. Additional material includes four different Donnan business cards, one dated April 1, 1861; four partially printed promissory notes for slave rentals, dated 1855, 1857, 1861, and 1862; an 1862 President of the Confederate States court summons for Alexander and James Donnan; 1857 and March 25, 1865 receipts for slave sales by Wm. Tench & Co. auctioneers; four 1862-64 receipts for newspaper advertisements announcing "Negroes at Auction", two with corresponding clipped ads; plus more. This archive mostly dates to the 1861-1865 Civil War period. Presented in a 12" x 12" binder.
Catalogue Note: Dr. Lynn discovered this group in the desk of Alexander Donnan behind his house at 50 South Market St., Petersburg.
Alexander Donnan (1818-1892) and his brother James Monroe Donnan (1824-1893) were prominent Petersburg lawyers who specialized in hiring out and selling slaves. Their advertisement in the December 15, 1860 issue of the Petersburg Daily Express was headed "SERVANTS FOR HIRE FOR THE Year 1861" and offered "Servants, of all ages, sexes, and capacities - Factory and Field Hands, Draymen, Ostlers, Dining Room Servants, Smiths, Cooks, Washers, Nurses, and others."
The Library of Virginia houses an archive of Donnan papers dating from 1835 to 1892, accession #51763.Condition
Most are in very good or better condition, some covers with losses or tears.
- Provenance
From the Dr. John W. Lynn collection, Petersburg, VA.
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