Inventory of the La Motte Family Papers, 1804-1869

Collection Number 3480


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
La Motte family.
Title
La Motte Family Papers, 1804-1869 (bulk 1840s-1850s).
Call Number
3480
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
50 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Chiefly letters, 1840s-1850s, from Lucy Hatch La Motte, of New Bern, N.C., and Georgetown, S.C., wife of an immigrant from Haiti, to her children. Letters are chiefly to Lucy's son, Joseph Hatch La Motte and his wife. They concern personal, family, and neighborhood activities, including business activities of family members.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals in private hands in 1960.
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 La Motte Family Papers, #3480, 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.

Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Family--South Carolina--Social life and customs.
Georgetown (S.C.)--Social life and customs.
Haitian Americans--History--19th century.
La Motte family.
La Motte, Joseph Hatch.
La Motte, Lucy Hatch.
New Bern (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Chiefly letters, 1840s-1850s, from Lucy Hatch La Motte, of New Bern, N.C., and Georgetown, S.C., wife of an immigrant from Haiti, to her children. Letters are chiefly to Lucy's son, Joseph Hatch La Motte and his wife. They concern personal, family, and neighborhood activities, including business activities of family members.