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           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #4118-z
                    JOHN MEBANE ALLEN PAPERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Letters to John Mebane Allen of Arkansas from
           friends and relatives in Alamance County, N.C., and
           extracts from a journal kept by Allen during his move
           from North Carolina to Arkansas in 1852, and compiled
           and indexed by Elizabeth White Furman, ca. 1974. 
           Letters, 1853-1859, from North Carolina discuss
           personal, local, and agricultural news and
           occasionally comment on politics, the economy,
           railroad building, operating a tannery, mining, and
           the hiring and sale of slaves.  A version with
           virtually identical contents was privately published
           in 1974.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Agriculture--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   Alamance County (N.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Allen, John Mebane, 1823-1894.
   Diaries--Southern States--History--19th century.
   Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Furman, Elizabeth White.
   Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
   Mines and mineral resources--North Carolina--History--19th
       century.
   North Carolina--Economic conditions--19th century.
   North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
   Railroads--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   Slavery--North Carolina.
   Tanning--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Size:  1 volume (1 folder).

Provenance:    Transferred from the Southern Oral History Program
               in November 1976.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   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.