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Christian Charity In the letter below, a Mississippi Baptist church informs a Virginia Baptist church that it has been approached by a slave, Charity, who has been sold from Virginia to Mississippi, but nevertheless wishes to let her old fellow church members in Virginia know that she is praying for them and especially for all her old Mistress family. Charity also wants it known that her most pious affections and prayers are that her old mistress, Mary S. Garret (Garnett), become prepared to meet her in heaven. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Rankin City, Mississippi, to Upper King and Queen Baptist Church, Newtown, Virginia [left page] - [right page] Manuscript letter, June 1837. Virginia Baptist Historical Society (192)
