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1. Letter - December 7, 1831

   Letter dated December 7, 1831 from Abraham C. Shelton, Pittsylvania, postmarked Chalk Level, December 10, to Peachy R. Gilmer, at Hardins Tavern, Albemarle County, Virginia. Discusses a number of Peachy's friends who had met recently, and discusses plans for moving to the Western Country.

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2. Letter - March 15, 1832

   Letter dated March 15, 1832 from Abraham C. Shelton, Pittsylvania, Virginia and postmarked Chalk Level, Virginia, March 15, to Peachy R. Gilmer, at Hardins Tavern, Albemarle County, Virginia, concerning the character of Benjamin Harrison, a client from Berkeley, Charles City County, Virginia.

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3. Letter from Abraham Shelton to Peachy Gilmer - April 18, 1833

   Discussion of states' right to secede. "Of all the evils of human life, I regard civil war as the greatest. I would myself make any sacrifice to preserve the union." He anticipates farming in Illinois. He is "tired unto death of the court."

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