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Sources consulted for the biography of:Richard Eppes (1824–1896)
Primary Sources
- Birth date, name change, and marriage dates in Eppes family Bible records (1821–1905), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
- Eppes Family Muniments, 1806–1932 (including Confederate discharges, 1868 medical license, and plats), 1806–1941 (including 1849 diary), and 1840–1953 (including marriage certificate, 1854), and Eppes Family Papers, 1722–1948 (including account books, code of slave conduct, diaries, passports, and student notebook), all Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (1861–1865), War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Virginia Case Files for United States Pardons (1865–1867), United States Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 94, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Prince George Co. Will Book, 1:310–312.
Secondary Sources
- Michael L. Nicholls, "'In the Light of Human Beings': Richard Eppes and His Island Plantation Code of Laws," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 89 (1981): 67–78.
- Shearer Davis Bowman, "Conditional Unionism and Slavery in Virginia, 1860–1861: The Case of Dr. Richard Eppes," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 96 (1988): 31–54 (portrait on 33).
Obituaries
- Death notice in Richmond Dispatch, February 18, 1896
- Petersburg Daily Index-Appeal, February 18, 1896
- Washington Post, February 18, 1896
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