Hi Julie,
  Thank you for posting this information.

  I am one of thousands descended from "King" Carter. I am hoping that one
day LVA will do one of it's great exhibits on him and some of hiw well known
descendants such as Benjamin Harrison V and Robert E. Lee.

        Beth
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From: "Julie James" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Robert "King" Carter


> Thought this may be of interest to the list.
> From today's Scout Report
>
> The Diary, Correspondence, and Papers of Robert "King" Carter of Virginia
> http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/berkeley/
> In 18th century Virginia, Robert "King" Carter owned over 300,000 acres
> containing many farms and plantations as well as some 1,000 slaves to work
> those plantations. He was a member of the Council of Virginia and was
acting
> governor of the state for a time. He received a classical education in
> England, and corresponded widely both within the colony and with merchants
> overseas. His correspondence was transcribed and digitized by Edmund
> Berkeley, Jr., former director of special collections at the University of
> Virginia Library, and put online by the staff at UVA's Electronic Text
> center. Users can read and search the transcribed texts (in either
original
> or modernized spelling) as well as read a brief biography of Carter and
> notes on people and places frequently cited in the text letters and
diaries.
> The letters run from 1702-1720 and the diaries are from 1722-1723. [HCS]
>
> From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2001.
> http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
>
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> Julie James
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