Letter from Valentine Meriwether to his father at the Falls of the Ohio, 23 August 1787
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Letter from Valentine Meriwether to his father at the Falls of the Ohio, 23 August 1787
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In this letter to his father, Meriwether discusses settling estate debts, stating that is they are not settled satisfactorily, the family may have to leave the state (Virginia). He tells of moving the people he enslaved from the kitchen into their own cabin, states the value of enslaved people will go down and "will not sell for more than a third of what they're worth." States he "never wanted to go to Kentuck [sic] till now but I am sure I can't stay here."
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The Filson Historical Society Manuscript Collection
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Meriwether, Valentine, “Letter from Valentine Meriwether to his father at the Falls of the Ohio, 23 August 1787,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed March 9, 2026, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/5415.
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