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

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #1446-z
                      FRANCIS HANSON DIARY
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Fragments of the diary, 1857-1873, of Francis
           Hanson, minister at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in
           Prairieville, Ala., at Demopolis, and at other places
           in Alabama.  Daily entries focus on ministerial
           services for both blacks and whites.  The volume also
           includes a short history of John H. Linebaugh and
           tells of Civil War efforts by civilians.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Afro-American Episcopalians--Alabama--History--19th century.
   Afro-Americans--Alabama--Religion--19th century.
   Alabama--Religious life and customs--19th century.
   Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Demopolis (Ala.)--Religious life and customs--19th century.
   Diaries--Alabama--History--19th century.
   Episcopal Church--Alabama--History--19th century.
   Episcopal Church--Clergy--Diaries.
   Hanson, Francis, fl. 1857-1873.
   Linebaugh, John H.
   Prairieville (Ala.)--Religious life and customs--19th century.
   Slavery and the church--Episcopal Church.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work.

Size:  1 volume (1 folder).

Provenance:    Received from Algernon Francis Blair of
               Montgomery, Ala., in April 1948.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support    
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.  

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