Inventory of the Sam M. Fleming Collection, 1787-1930

Collection Number 1640


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
Fleming, Sam M.
Title
Sam M. Fleming Collection, 1787-1930.
Call Number
1640
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 microfilm reel.
Abstract
Papers collected by Sam M. Fleming include scattered land grants from North Carolina and Tennessee; indentures; deeds for lands and slaves, 1787-1813; letters and papers of the McEwen family of Tennessee from 1814 through the 1860s, some pertaining to the formation of the Tennessee militia; and a 12-page journal of school teacher Sallie Florence McEwen, 18 May 1861 to 9 May 1862, with brief entries describing hearing news of battles of 1st Manassas, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh. Also included are passes, orders, circulars, receipts, and other Confederate miscellany, as well as several letters of soldiers, both official army communications and personal letters. The collection also includes certificates of Tennessee election returns, 1870-1890s; certificates from land offices; justice of the peace commissions after 1900; and collected autographs and brief notes from United States presidents, governors, etc. For the most part, the quality of reproductions on the microfilm is poor.


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Administrative Information

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 Sam M. Fleming Collection, #1640, 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.
Elections--Tennessee--History--19th century.
Land grants--North Carolina.
Land grants--Tennessee.
McEwan family.
McEwen, Sallie Florence, fl. 1861-1862.
North Carolina--History.
Slave records--Southern States.
Teachers--Confederate States of America.
Tennessee--History.
Tennessee. Militia--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Collection Overview

Papers collected by Sam M. Fleming include scattered land grants from North Carolina and Tennessee; indentures; deeds for lands and slaves, 1787-1813; letters and papers of the McEwen family of Tennessee from 1814 through the 1860s, some pertaining to the formation of the Tennessee militia; and a 12-page journal of school teacher Sallie Florence McEwen, 18 May 1861 to 9 May 1862, with brief entries describing hearing news of battles of 1st Manassas, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh. Also included are passes, orders, circulars, receipts, and other Confederate miscellany, as well as several letters of soldiers, both official army communications and personal letters. The collection also includes certificates of Tennessee election returns, 1870-1890s; certificates from land offices; justice of the peace commissions after 1900; and collected autographs and brief notes from United States presidents, governors, etc. For the most part, the quality of reproductions on the microfilm is poor.