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Peyton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-115

Scope and Content

Photocopies of list of accounts and 11 letters (1768-1818) written by Thomas Jefferson, mostly to Craven Peyton (d. 1837), lawyer and landowner, of Albemarle County, Virginia; and correspondence and documents of the Peyton family of Virginia and Mississippi. Includes offer to sell a slave, Nov 27, 1818.

Dates

  • 1768 - 1916

Extent

.33 Cubic Feet

1 Reels

Language of Materials

English

Processing Note

This finding aid is currently in progress. Please contact sp_coll@library.msstate.edu for more information.

Title
Peyton Family Papers
Status
In Progress
Author
Shell by Carrie P. Mastley.
Date
January 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts Repository

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