Inventory of the Thomas J. Jennings Letters, 1862-1863

Collection Number 3719-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
Jennings, Thomas J., fl. 1862-1863.
Title
Thomas J. Jennings Letters, 1862-1863.
Call Number
3719-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
7 items.
Abstract
Detailed letters from Thomas J. Jennings, a federal soldier from Fall River, Mass., serving in a regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers at Hampton, Va., April 1862, and at New Bern, N.C., February-June 1863, to Maria B. Durfee, Fall River. The letters include discussions of events in the New Bern area, daily life in camp at New Bern, and excursions Jennings took in the surrounding area.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1965
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 Thomas J. Jennings Letters, #3719-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.

Durfee, Maria B.
Hampton (Va.)--History--19th century.
Jennings, Thomas J., fl. 1862-1863.
New Bern (N.C.)--History--19th century.
North Carolina--Description and travel.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
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Collection Overview

Detailed letters from Thomas J. Jennings, a federal soldier from Fall River, Mass., serving in a regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers at Hampton, Va., April 1862, and at New Bern, N.C., February-June 1863, to Maria B. Durfee, Fall River. The letters include discussions of events in the New Bern area, daily life in camp at New Bern, and excursions Jennings took in the surrounding area.