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1. Robert Carter papers, 1685-1828

   70 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Tobacco planter and iron manufacturer. Correspondence, memorandum books, account books, and religious writings relating primarily to the operation of Nomini Hall in Westmoreland County, Va., other Virginia estates, shipment of tobacco, the Baltimore Iron Works, and his affiliation with the Baptists and the Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem.

2. Helen Keller papers, 1842-1954

   2,000 items. 4 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and lecturer. Correspondence and papers relating to the preparation of Keller's book My Religion, and newspaper clippings concerning her writings, lectures, and travels. Includes typescripts of several works by other blind writers.

3. Louis F. Post papers, 1864-1940

   600 items. 11 containers. 4.4 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist, lawyer, and public official. Correspondence, manuscripts of articles and books, biographical data, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to Post’s career as a writer, public official, and advocate of the single tax.