Manuscripts Department
            Library of the University of North Carolina
                          at Chapel Hill

                  SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #1148-z
                       ROBERT HAIRSTON PAPERS
                             Inventory

Abstract: Miscellaneous items including a letter, 1799, from
Patrick Henry about a land transaction; a letter, 1812, from
Samuel Hairston about political affairs in Washington, D.C.; and
a letter, 1862, from Confederate soldier C.H. Jones, describing a
recent engagement near Fredericksburg, Va.  Also included are a
Wilson family genealogy and an article about Samuel Hairston.

On-line   Confederate States of America.  Army--Military life.
Catalog   Fredericksburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Terms:    Hairston, Robert.
          Hairston, Samuel, 1784-1880.
          Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
          Jones, C. H., fl. 1862.
          Soldiers--Confederate States of America--              
               Correspondence.
          United States--Politics and government--1801-1815.
          Wilson family.

Size:     5 items.

Provenance:Received from Robert Hairston of Reidsville, N. C., in
August 1946.

Access:   No restrictions.

Copyright:Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

                            DESCRIPTION

          Five scattered items related to various members of the
Hairston family.  The collections was named for the donor, but ot
concerned directly with him or with any other member of the
Hairston family named Robert.
          Included are a letter, 1799, from Patrick Henry to
Colonel George Hairston about the sale of land, horses, and other
business; a letter, 1812, from Samuel Hairston to his father
George Hairston, about his recent illness and current news; and a
letter, 1862, from Confederate soldier C. H. Jones to his mother,
written from a camp near Fredericksburg and describing a recent
fight in that area.  Also included are a genealogy, (typescript,
12 pages) of the Wilson family of Pittsylvania County, Va.,
compiled by Jessie Wilson Wood, and a typed copy of "The Richest
Man in Virginia," an article on Samuel Hairston from De Bow's
Review.

          Typed transcriptions of the letters are filed with the
originals.