Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#2611-z
CHARLES W. JOHNSTON PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Letters, 1820-1853, to Johnston, mostly from
correspondents in North Carolina, mentioning religious
camp meetings, slaves, crops, and construction of the
North Carolina railroad.
Online Catalog Terms:
Agriculture--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Camp-meetings--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Farmers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Johnston, Charles W., fl. 1820-1853.
North Carolina Railroad Company--History.
Orange County (N.C.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Railroads--North Carolina--Design and construction--History--
19th century.
Slavery--North Carolina.
Size: 24 items (1 folder and 6 feet on 1 reel of microfilm).
Provenance: Lent for filming by Mrs. Robert M. Gardiner of
Danville, Va., in November 1943, and received from
Mr. and Mrs. George Burke Johnston of Blacksburg,
Va., in May 1974
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.