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[Identification of item], in the William Harris Garland Papers, #2982, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchase 1953

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• Beaufort (S.C.)--Economic conditions.
• British Americans--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• Family--Southern States--Social life and customs.
• Fernandina (Fla.)--Economic conditions.
• Garland family.
• Garland, William Harris, b. ca. 1811.
• Laurinburg (N.C.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
• Mechanics (Persons)--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Migrant labor--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Railroads--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Savannah (Ga.)--Economic conditions.
• Sawmill workers--Southern States.
• Southern States--Economic conditions.
• Steamboat lines--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Wilmington (N.C.)--Economic conditions.

Personal correspondence, from 1836, of Garland, an itinerant mechanic for railroad shops, sawmills, and steamboats in towns from North Carolina to Florida. Letters are to and from members of his family and friends, written in Beaufort, S.C., Savannah, Ga., Laurinburg and Wilmington, N.C., Fernandina, Fla., and many other towns, and are largely concerned with the uncertainties of earning a livelihood without capital. Also included is correspondence before and after 1836 of the Garland family at Beaufort with their relatives in England.