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Taylor, Francis, 1747-1799. Diary, 1786-1792, 1794-1799. C4 Microfilm reproduction of original Ms. in Virginia State Library.
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Private diary, January 1, 1786 - Decem ber 31, 1792; January 1, 1794 - November 23, 1799, kept by Francis Taylor of Orange County, Va., who served as an officer in the Continental Army and as deputy clerk of Orange County, Va. under his brother James. Records family and social life of the Taylor famlly; management and cultivation of the plantatlon "Midland" ; sale of tobacco in Liverpool; location of military lands in Kentucky; current events; election returns; notes on slavery; births deaths and marriages in Orange County in families of the Taylors, Barbours, Madisons, Mortons, Shepherds, Bells, Taliaferros, Conways, Pendletons, Glassells, Burnleys, Slaughters, Lees and Glbsons; cash accounts.
