Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Edmund Ruffin diaries, 1856-1865 |
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| Span Dates | 1856-1865 |
| ID No. | MSS51839 |
| Creator | Edmund Ruffin, 1794-1865 |
| Extent | 14 volumes |
| Extent | 14 containers |
| Extent | 3.2 linear feet |
| Extent | 7 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010091 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78051839 |
| Summary | Plantation owner and publisher. Diaries detailing Ruffin's activities and opinions as an experimentalist in agriculture, anti-Unionist and slavery advocate, and describing plantation life in his Virginia estates. |