Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Bullitt Family Papers - Oxmoor Collection, 1683-2003. 164 cu.ft.
Call No.
Mss. A B937c / 134, 139, 359, 513
Content
In a letter dated 11 October 1861 from Mildred Bullitt to her son James she mentioned the slaves at Oxmoor and says "Caroline believes she is a convicted sinner, and Frank Taylor is to be baptized and now talks of religion all the time."(134)In a letter dated 19 May 1840 Mildred Bullitt wrote to her son that she believes getting a missionary to set up a church and preach to the slaves is the best way to bring about subordination. (139) Letters dated 16 and 17 October 1824 between William C. Bullitt and John S. Allison re: the mental problem of a slave girl that Allison was selling to Bullitt. Allison wrote that the mental problem was only religious foolishness that appeared after the earthquake of 1811. (359) In letters dated 18 February 1850 and 13 August 1855 from Agatha Logan to her cousin Myra Alexander she wrote of her servant Jane's antics since she had found religion. (513)