Inventory of the Eccles Family Papers, 1783-1968

Collection Number 3504


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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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
Eccles family.
Title
Eccles Family Papers, 1783-1968.
Call Number
3504
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 3,600 items (6.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Correspondence and other papers of Edward Jones (1762-1841) of Wilmington and Fayetteville, N.C., native of Ireland, merchant, lawyer, and solicitor-general of North Carolina; and of his son-in-law, John Dick Eccles (died 1856), also of Fayetteville. Included are a series of letters written from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in 1843, describing medical treatment and the declining health of Edward J. Eccles (died circa 1843); and a letter, 18 November 1847, describing a visit to the Peale home in Philadelphia. Also included is correspondence of members of the McLaurin, Hooper, DeBerniere, Holmes, and other families of Cumberland, New Hanover, Chatham, and Sampson counties, N.C., Carroll County, Miss., New Orleans, La., and other places. Edward Jones's correspondence, beginning in the 1780s, includes letters from his friend Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Philadelphia lawyer and author, and from several North Carolina Federalist leaders concerning state and national politics. Also included in the collection are two other series of letters, one from the Holmes family (copies only) of Fayetteville and Wilmington, N.C., and Carroll County, Miss., the majority of which were written by women during the antebellum period, discussing Holmes and Blankes family life, economic conditions, and the splintering of the family; and the other of the Parsley family of Wilmington. Also included are transcript copies and extensive notes on these letters and on family history by Catherine Holmes (Jones) Pierce of Durham, N.C.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1960-1967
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 Eccles Family Papers, #3504, 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.

Blankes family.
Carroll County (Miss.)--History.
Chatham County (N.C.)--History.
Cumberland County (N.C.)--History.
DeBerniere family.
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.
Eccles family.
Eccles, John Dick, d. 1856.
Family--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Fayetteville (N.C.)--History.
Federalist Party (N.C.)
Genealogists--North Carolina--Correspondence.
Health resorts--New York (State)--History--19th century.
Holmes family.
Irish Americans--North Carolina--History.
Jones family.
Jones, Edward, 1762-1841.
McLaurin family.
Merchants--North Carolina--History.
New Hanover County (N.C.)--History.
North Carolina--Genealogy.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Parsley family.
Pierce, Catherine Jones.
Sampson County (N.C.)--History.
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
Wilmington (N.C.)--History.
Women--Mississippi--Social conditions.
Women--North Carolina--Social conditions.
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Related Material

Abram Rencher Papers (#627); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

Correspondence and other papers of Edward Jones (1762-1841) of Wilmington and Fayetteville, N.C., native of Ireland, merchant, lawyer, and solicitor-general of North Carolina; and of his son-in-law, John Dick Eccles (died 1856), also of Fayetteville. Included are a series of letters written from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in 1843, describing medical treatment and the declining health of Edward J. Eccles (died circa 1843); and a letter, 18 November 1847, describing a visit to the Peale home in Philadelphia. Also included is correspondence of members of the McLaurin, Hooper, DeBerniere, Holmes, and other families of Cumberland, New Hanover, Chatham, and Sampson counties, N.C., Carroll County, Miss., New Orleans, La., and other places. Edward Jones's correspondence, beginning in the 1780s, includes letters from his friend Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Philadelphia lawyer and author, and from several North Carolina Federalist leaders concerning state and national politics. Also included in the collection are two other series of letters, one from the Holmes family (copies only) of Fayetteville and Wilmington, N.C., and Carroll County, Miss., the majority of which were written by women during the antebellum period, discussing Holmes and Blankes family life, economic conditions, and the splintering of the family; and the other of the Parsley family of Wilmington. Also included are transcript copies and extensive notes on these letters and on family history by Catherine Holmes (Jones) Pierce of Durham, N.C.