@article{883234,
      note = {Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division,  Library of Congress.},
      author = {Ruffin, Edmund,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/883234},
      title = {Edmund Ruffin diaries, 1856-1865 [electronic resource],},
      abstract = {Edmund Ruffin's diaries describe the views of a plantation  owner, pro-slavery advocate, and a member of the Virginia  state legislature. This collection provides a vision of  life on Virginia plantations in the years leading up to and  during the Civil War.},
      recid = {883234},
      pages = {1 online resource (13 manuscripts; 238 items).},
}