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holds papers relating to Landon Carter and many other descendants of King Carter. Because of his importance in
Virginia (and perhaps the American colonies as a whole), several relatives named sons in his honor. His eldest brother John Carter named one of his sons Landon (1760-1800), who moved to
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Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, 3:616–619.
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