Inventory of the Michael Gaffney Diary, 1797-1853

Collection Number 2887-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
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Gaffney, Michael, 1775-1854.
Title
Michael Gaffney Diary, 1797-1853.
Call Number
2887-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (17 pages).
Abstract
Diary of Michael Gaffney of Ireland, who came to America in 1797, and spent a short while in upstate New York in 1799, and Charleston, S.C., in 1800, before moving to Union County, S.C., eventually settling at the present site of Gaffney, S.C., in 1802, as a merchant. He organized a company of militia and saw service in 1814. In addition to his diary, the volume contains the names of Gaffney's children, the names of some of the men in his militia company, and other biographical data. The diary was copied and edited and additional information was supplied by his son, Henry G. Gaffney, in 1894. Typed transcript of this later manuscript were made in the 1930s and it is from one of these that this copy was created for distribution. It is not known if the original diary still exists.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1953
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 Michael Gaffney Diary, #2887-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.

Charleston (S.C.)--Description and travel.
Gaffney (S.C.)--History.
Gaffney family.
Gaffney, Henry G., fl. 1894.
Gaffney, Michael, 1775-1854.
Irish Americans--South Carolina--History--19th century.
Merchants--South Carolina--History--19th century.
New York (State)--Description and travel.
South Carolina--History--1775-1865.
South Carolina. Militia--History--War of 1812.
Union County (S.C.)--History.
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Collection Overview

Diary of Michael Gaffney of Ireland, who came to America in 1797, and spent a short while in upstate New York in 1799, and Charleston, S.C., in 1800, before moving to Union County, S.C., eventually settling at the present site of Gaffney, S.C., in 1802, as a merchant. He organized a company of militia and saw service in 1814. In addition to his diary, the volume contains the names of Gaffney's children, the names of some of the men in his militia company, and other biographical data. The diary was copied and edited and additional information was supplied by his son, Henry G. Gaffney, in 1894. Typed transcript of this later manuscript were made in the 1930s and it is from one of these that this copy was created for distribution. It is not known if the original diary still exists.