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                    SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

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                      MISSOURI ELEY DARDEN PAPERS
                               Inventory
Abstract:      Missouri E. Eley, daughter of Susan E. Vann and
           Lawrence Eley of Murfreesboro, Hertford County, N.C.,
           married George T. Darden of Hertford County in 1862.  They
           had at least one child, named Eley, who was born in 1863 or
           1864.
               Diary, 1861-1865, 77 pp., of Missouri Eley Darden and
           two love letters, 1837 and 1838, from Darden's father to
           her mother before their marriage.  The diary chiefly
           documents daily activities, such as visiting, sewing, and
           leisure pastimes.  It also includes some reflections that
           are religious in nature and comments on the Dardens'
           marriage and on George Darden's imprisonment in a Union
           prison in 1865.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
   Darden, George T., fl. 1861-1865.
   Darden, Missouri Eley, fl. 1860s.
   Diaries--Confederate States of America.
   Eley, Lawrence, fl. 1837-1838.
   Eley, Susan E. Vann, fl. 1837-1838.
   Hertford County (N.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Love-letters--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and
       prisons.
   Women--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
   Women--Confederate States of America--Social life and customs.

Size:  3 items.

Provenance:    Received from Daniel F. Worth III, through his aunt,
               Rebecca Darden Stone, of Charleston, S.C., in December
               1984.

Access:        No restrictions.

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