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| Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 80 items) |
| Abstract | Henry William Harrington (1748-1809) was a brigadier general in the American Revolution, a legislator in both North Carolina and South Carolina, and a planter. His son, Henry William Harrington Jr. (1793-1868) was a successful planter, businessman, and landowner of Richmond County, N.C., who served in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 and as a representative in the North Carolina House of Commons and to Constitutional Convention. The collection is chiefly political, military, and family correspondence of Revolutionary General Henry William Harrington and Henry William Harrington Jr. Early papers concern military actions of the Revolution in the Carolinas and political and legal affairs in its aftermath. Correspondents include John Auld, Horatio Gates, Charles W. Goldsborough, William Barry Grove, Paul Hamilton, John Henry, A. M. Hopper, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and Benjamin W. Williams, among others. Later items include correspondence and other papers of Henry William Harrington Jr. and his mother, Rosanna Auld Harrington. The collection also includes a nine volume diary (portions transcribed), 1826, 1833-1834, and 1849-1864, of Henry William Harrington Jr., and an 1855 inventory of taxable property in the Wolf Pit District, Richmond County, N.C. Diary entries focus on daily business and financial transactions, plantation and social activities, travel, hunting expeditions, and other leisure pursuits. Transcribed excerpts include some entries not appearing in the original diary, including a description of a trip through the South, 1833-1834. The addition of April 2010 consists of a diary by Rosanna Auld Harrington, 1794-1812. Entries in the diary include a letter addressed to her daughter, Harriet Harrington Strong, before Harriet's departure for school in November 1806; religious writings; a 1794 reflection on the deaths of her children that includes a list of her children with their dates of birth and death. The diary also contains writings, including a speech dated 4 July 1812 and poetry from 1807 by Bela William Strong, Harriet Harrington Strong's husband. |
| Creator | Harrington, Henry William, 1748-1809. |
| Language | English |
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Henry William Harrington (1748-1809) was a brigadier general in the American Revolution, a legislator in both North and South Carolina, and a land owner. Harrington was born in London, England, and emigrated first to Jamaica and later to South Carolina near the Pee Dee River. Harrington was married to Rosanna Auld in 1776.
Henry William Harrington Jr. was a successful planter, businessman, and landowner of Richmond County, N.C. He served for a short time in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 and represented Richmond County in the North Carolina House of Commons and in the Constitutional Convention of 1835.
Rosanna Auld Harrington (1754-1828) was born in Anson County, N.C. She married Henry William Harrington in July 1776. They had five children who reached adulthood, including Henry William Harrington Jr. (1793-1868) and Harriet Harrington Strong (1795-1829).
Bela William Strong (1786-1815) was a lawyer from Fayetteville, N.C., who was educated and trained in Oneida County, N.Y. He married Harriet Harrington in February 1815. Strong was killed in a duel in May 1815.
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The collection is chiefly political, military, and family correspondence of Revolutionary General Henry William Harrington; his wife, Rosanna Auld Harrington; and their son, Henry William Harrington Jr. Early papers concern military actions of the Revolution in the Carolinas and political and legal affairs in its aftermath. Revolutionary items, many with accompanying transcriptions, concern military stores and supplies, troop movements and strategy, and arrangements to secure safe passage of Harrington's family from Cheraw, S.C., to Salisbury, N.C. Correspondents include John Auld, Horatio Gates, Charles W. Goldsborough, William Barry Grove, Paul Hamilton, John Henry, A. M. Hopper, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and Benjamin W. Williams among others. Later items include correspondence of Henry W. Harrington Jr. and Rosanna Harrington, chiefly related to the former's service in the United States Navy and subsequent return to North Carolina. Some later papers allude to Henry William Harrington Jr.'s involvement in the North Carolina General Assembly. The collection also includes a nine volume diary (portions transcribed), 1826, 1833-1834, and 1849-1864, of Henry William Harrington Jr., and an 1855 inventory of taxable property in the Wolf Pit District, Richmond County, N.C. Diary entries focus on daily business and financial transactions, plantation and social activities, travel, hunting expeditions, and other leisure pursuits. During the Civil War diary entries are chiefly financial, but do contain some references to the organization of local militia companies. Transcribed excerpts include some entries not appearing in the original diary, including a description of a trip through the South, 1833-1834.
The addition of April 2010 consists of a diary by Rosanna Auld Harrington, 1794-1812. Entries in the diary include a letter addressed to her daughter, Harriet Harrington Strong, before Harriet's departure for school in November 1806; religious writings; a 1794 reflection on the deaths of her children that includes a list of her children with their dates of birth and death. The diary also contains writings, including a speech dated 4 July 1812 and poetry from 1807 by Bela William Strong, Harriet Harrington Strong's husband.
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Henry William Harrington Papers, 1775-1864 and undated.
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Addition of April 2010 (Acc. 101272), 1794-1812.
The addition of April 2010 consists of a diary by Rosanna Auld Harrington, 1794-1812. Entries in the diary include a letter addressed to her daughter, Harriet Harrington, before Harriet's departure for school in November 1806; religious writings; a 1794 reflection on the deaths of her children that includes a list of her children with their dates of birth and death. The diary also contains writings, including a speech dated 4 July 1812 and poetry from 1807 by Bela William Strong, Harriet Harrington's husband. The diary appears to be constructed of two separate diaries stitched together.
| Folder 13 |
Diary: Rosanna Auld Harrington, 1794-1812 #00314, Series: "Addition of April 2010 (Acc. 101272), 1794-1812." Folder 13 |
Processed by: SHC Staff, Kate Stratton 2010
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, March 2010
Revised by Allison Moore, November 2010 because of Addition of April 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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