Inventory of the Columbus Delano Papers, 1834-1839

Collection Number 212-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896.
Title
Columbus Delano Papers, 1834-1839.
Call Number
212-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
4 items.
Abstract
Columbus Delano was a resident of Mount Vernon, Ohio. Delano was later a United States Representative and Secretary of the Interior under President Grant. The collection includes a letter, 1834, from Delano to his future mother-in-law asking permission to marry her daughter, and correspondence, 1836-1839, between Delano, away on business, and his wife at home at Mount Vernon, Ohio, including a letter describing Philadelphia.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
prior to 1940
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Columbus Delano Papers, #212-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.

Courtship--Ohio.
Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896.
Marriage--Parental consent--History--19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel.
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Biographical Note

Columbus Delano (1809-1896) was a resident of Mount Vernon, Ohio. Delano was later a United States Representative and Secretary of the Interior under President Grant.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes a letter, 1834, from Delano to his future mother-in-law asking permission to marry her daughter, and correspondence, 1836-1839, between Delano, away on business, and his wife at home at Mount Vernon, Ohio, including a letter describing Philadelphia.