Inventory of the Rebecca Pitchford Davis Letters, 1855-1899

Collection Number 3328-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Davis, Rebecca Pitchford, 1812-1900.
Title
Rebecca Pitchford Davis Letters, 1855-1899.
Call Number
3328-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (112 pages).
Abstract
Mimeograph of typed transcriptions. Letters from Rebecca Pitchford Davis of Fishing Creek, Warren County, N.C., to her sons in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865, concerning family and neighborhood news and farm activities of her husband, Edward Davis; six letters, 1863, from these sons in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; eight personal and family letters before and after the war; and other items. An index and notes are included.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals in private hands in 1955.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1958
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Rebecca Pitchford Davis Letters, #3328-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Davis, Edward, fl. 1861-1865.
Davis, Rebecca Pitchford, 1812-1900.
Family--Confederate States of America--Social life and customs.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Warren County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

Mimeograph of typed transcriptions. Letters from Rebecca Pitchford Davis of Fishing Creek, Warren County, N.C., to her sons in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865, concerning family and neighborhood news and farm activities of her husband, Edward Davis; six letters, 1863, from these sons in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; eight personal and family letters before and after the war; and other items. An index and notes are included.