Inventory of the James Dawkins Papers, 1785-1843; 1861-1862

Collection Number 3090-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
Dawkins, James, fl. 1837-1843.
Title
James Dawkins Papers, 1785-1843; 1861-1862.
Call Number
3090-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
13 items.
Abstract
Photocopies. Letters and miscellaneous items, 1837-1843, of Dawkins, a Wilkinsville, Union District, S.C., cotton planter; earlier family deeds; and a partially legible, slight diary and memorandum book of Thomas E. Dawkins, a Confederate soldier in Virginia, 1861-1862. Included are a letter from a relative in Texas and one from Dawkins's brother in Mississippi about life in those places and letters from commission merchants in Columbia and Charleston, S.C., about sales of cotton.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals returned to private owner in 1987.
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 James Dawkins Papers, #3090-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.

Commission merchants--South Carolina--History--19th century.
Cotton trade--South Carolina--History--19th century.
Dawkins, James, fl. 1837-1843.
Dawkins, Thomas E., fl. 1861-1862.
Diaries.
Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
Mississippi--Social life and customs.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
South Carolina--Commerce--History--19th century.
Texas--Social life and customs.
Union District (S.C.)--Economic conditions.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Collection Overview

Photocopies. Letters and miscellaneous items, 1837-1843, of Dawkins, a Wilkinsville, Union District, S.C., cotton planter; earlier family deeds; and a partially legible, slight diary and memorandum book of Thomas E. Dawkins, a Confederate soldier in Virginia, 1861-1862. Included are a letter from a relative in Texas and one from Dawkins's brother in Mississippi about life in those places and letters from commission merchants in Columbia and Charleston, S.C., about sales of cotton.