Inventory of the Anna Maria Deans Garretson Papers, 1807-1829; 1893

Collection Number 4064-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
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
Garretson, Anna Maria Deans, fl. 1807-1829.
Title
Anna Maria Deans Garretson Papers, 1807-1829; 1893.
Call Number
4064-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
48 items.
Abstract
Chiefly scattered personal letters to and from Anna Maria Deans Garretson of Gloucester and Mathews counties, Va., exchanged with her friends and relatives. The letters concern health, housekeeping, visits and other activities. Those from Garretson to her husband, Isaac Garretson, who worked for the United States Navy in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., concern farm affairs in Gloucester County.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1975
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 Anna Maria Deans Garretson Papers, #4064-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.

Agriculture--Virginia--History--19th century.
Garretson, Anna Maria Deans, fl. 1807-1829.
Garretson, Isaac.
Gloucester County (Va.)--Social life and customs.
Mathews County (Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

Chiefly scattered personal letters to and from Anna Maria Deans Garretson of Gloucester and Mathews counties, Va., exchanged with her friends and relatives. The letters concern health, housekeeping, visits and other activities. Those from Garretson to her husband, Isaac Garretson, who worked for the United States Navy in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., concern farm affairs in Gloucester County.