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Carter family. Carter family papers (MS Am 2322): Guide.Administrative Information*98M-25. Purchased through Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc., 19 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021, with funds from the Harmand Teplow Fund and from the W.E.B. DuBois Institute; received: 1998 Dec. 18. Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt Preferred Citation for Publication:Carter Family Papers (MS Am 2322). Houghton Library, Harvard University. There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Return to the Table of Contents The Carter family was an African-American slave family from Virginia that survived the Civil War and went on to build a life in and around Richmond.Polly Carter (d.1872) originally lived on "Master Warner 's" plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, with her husband and two children, Albert and Alexander . Another son, Hamilton Carter , resided in nearby Richmond and was either a bondsman or a free man. During the Civil War, Hamilton was employed as dining room servant to Henry C. Beuce , the proprietor of Irving Mills . In October of 1866, Hamilton was hired by Dr. George Ross, a prominent Richmond physician. In 1871 Hamilton married an African-American woman, Martha Glenn , who was originally also from Richmond. They had 6 children: Cassie , Alize , Pierce , Hamilton, Jr. , Mattie , and one child who died in 1881. The family lived for many years in a home they owned on the corner of 9th and Abigail Streets in the Madison Ward section of Richmond. See internal file for additional information regarding the family. Return to the Table of Contents Includes autograph correspondence (and typescript transcripts) of the Carter family, but the majority of letters are to Hamilton Carter. Letters mostly concern news of family and friends and events of the day. Also includes: Hamilton Carter's household bills and receipts and tax receipts, as well as invitations, a tintype portrait, notes on funeral plans, menu, and other miscellany. Return to the Table of Contents Organized into the following series: I. Correspondence II. Other family papers A. MemorabiliaB. Financial records Return to the Table of Contents |