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| | Guide Introduction: Records of Ante-Bellum Southern PlantationsSeries L: |
 | | Sir Peyton Skipwith (1740-1808) was born at Blandford in Prince George County, Virginia, the son of Sir William and Elizabeth (Smith) Skipwith. |
 | | The eldest son, Sir Grey Skipwith, born in 1771, inherited the English estate and property, and was the only member of the family to permanently return to England. |
 | | A scrapbook, 1883, of Annie L. Skipwith is in Box 24, Folder 3, with clippings of poems, articles on conduct, riddles, and pictures pasted over a letterbook of John Hill as agent for Sir Peyton Skipwith, including a poem, "Dull Times" signed by John Hill, Mason County, Kentucky, 1797. |
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