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           Library of the University of North Carolina
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                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

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                 DAVID WYATT AIKEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
                            Inventory

Abstract:      David Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887) was a Confederate
           colonel, South Carolina and U.S. representative, and
           agricultural reformer.
               An account of Aiken's early years, written ca.
           1864 while he was serving in the Confederate Army. 
           The narrative covers his childhood, including his
           education at Mt. Zion Academy, Winnsboro, S.C.; his
           attendance at South Carolina College, Columbia, 1846-
           1849; his teaching at Mt. Zion, 1850; a long illness;
           courtship; and travels in England, the Continent, and
           the southern, eastern, and midwestern United States,
           1848-1851.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Aiken, David Wyatt.
   Autobiographies--South Carolina.
   Children--South Carolina--Social life and customs--19th
       century.
   College students--South Carolina--Social life and customs
       --19th century.
   Courtship--South Carolina--History--19th century.
   England--Description and travel--1800-1918.
   Europe--Description and travel--1848-1865.
   Mount Zion Academy (Winnsboro, S.C.).
   South Carolina--Biography.
   South Carolina College--Students--Social life and customs
       --19th century.
   Teachers--South Carolina--History--19th century.
   United States--Description and travel--1848-1865.
   Winnsboro (S.C.)--History--19th century.
                                                                 
Size:  1 item (1 folder).

Provenance:    Received typescript copy of original from Mrs.
               Wyatt Aiken in 1945.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   Biographical and genealogical information
                   available in Claudius Hornby Prichard's
                   Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken.)
                   This collection was processed with support
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.