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Arthur M Moody again . I read in another biography from 1950 that Thomas Lipton was treated kindly and taken into the family home when he suffered a hatchet injury on the tobacco plantation. I guess both you and this earlier author had access to Lipton's journal which may pin down the location of the plantation.
Thu Oct 18 14:08:12 2007 | Arthur M Moody
I'm trying to get in touch with Laurence Brady. I bought his biograghy of Thomas Lipton this week and would like to know what part of Virginia, Lipton worked as a tobacco labourer.
My grandfather told me a legend of Mr. Lipton:
Mr. Lipton befriended a local lad who worked on the same tobacco farm as he. Later the friend fell on hard times and ended up sick and in the Nottoway County Poorhouse. The two men corresponded over the years. Right before the man's death he let Sir Thomas know of his fraility and poverty, but he died before Sir Thomas could help him.
I bought Mr. Brady's book and read of the tobacco planter, Sam Clay. In the Nottoway County Census of 1850, Samuel Clay is listed as a farmer, and his real estate valuation is substantially higher than other land owners. Nottoway County was and still is a tobacco production area. I 'm wondering if Mr. Brady knows the address/location of the Samuel Clay property.
Thanks,
Arthur M. Moody artmmoody@yahoo.com
Sun Sep 30 22:04:43 2007 | Arthur M Moody
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