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 Thomas Ruffin Papers (#641), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, January 11, 1843 Thomas Ruffin, Jr. 3 pages, 4 page images 1843 Call number 641 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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