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| Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
| Abstract | Matthias Murray Marshall was a Confederate Army lieutenant and chaplain during the Civil War, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and an Episcopal clergyman in Raleigh, N.C. The collection includes personal, religious, and business correspondence and other papers of the Reverend Matthias Murray Marshall, chiefly while he was rector of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Raleigh, N.C., but also during his attendance at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Included are records, 1876-1879 and 1885-1892, of visits to parishioners; scrapbooks; and memorandum books, mainly relating to Christ Church. The early letters, 1824-1825, relate to a controversy between Professor Elisha Mitchell of UNC and Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft about religious doctrines and denominational influence at UNC. Other correspondents include Kemp Plummer Battle, Charles Manly, George E. Badger, Paul C. Cameron, Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., Sallie M. Cameron, the Reverend E. A. Osborne, Thomas S. Kenan, and Jonathan Worth. Volumes include an 1861 daily diary that Marshall kept as a student at Trinity and at UNC and notes on a voyage from Baltimore, Md., to San Francisco, Calif., in 1883. |
| Creator | Marshall, Matthias Murray, 1841-1912. |
| Language | English |
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Matthias Murray Marshall was a Confederate Army lieutenant and chaplain during the Civil War; a graduate of the University of North Carolina; and an Episcopal clergyman in Raleigh, N.C.
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The collection includes personal, religious, and business correspondence and other papers of the Reverend Matthias Murray Marshall, chiefly while he was rector of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Raleigh, N.C., but also during his attendance at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Included are records, 1876-1879 and 1885-1892, of visits to parishioners; scrapbooks; and memorandum books, mainly relating to Christ Church. The early letters, 1824-1825, relate to a controversy between Professor Elisha Mitchell of UNC and Bishop John Stark Ravenscroft about religious doctrines and denominational influence at UNC. Other correspondents include Kemp Plummer Battle, Charles Manly, George E. Badger, Paul C. Cameron, Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., Sallie M. Cameron, the Reverend E. A. Osborne, Thomas S. Kenan, and Jonathan Worth. Volumes include an 1861 daily diary that Marshall kept as a student at Trinity and at UNC and notes on a voyage from Baltimore, Md., to San Francisco, Calif., in 1883.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1823-1912 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Personal, religious, and business correspondence of the Reverend Matthias Murray Marshall. Correspondence includes letters, 1824-1825, between John Stark Ravenscroft and Elisha Mitchell over religious doctrines and denominational influence at the University of North Carolina; a narrative, 1863, of the life and career of General Albert S. Johnston; letters, 1869, concerning the resignation of Matthias Murray Marshall of Christ Church in Elizabeth City, N.C.; letters of sympathy, 1895, concerning the death of Matthias Murray Marshall's daughter; and letters of sympathy, 1910, concerning the death of Marshall's wife. Among the correspondents are Elisha Mitchell, Bishop John Ravenscroft, Kemp Plummer Battle, Charles Manly, George E. Badger, Paul C. Cameron, J. Blount Cheshire, Jr., Sallie M. Cameron, the Reverend E. A. Osborne, Thomas S. Kenan, and Jonathan Worth.
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Series 2. Other Papers, 1860-1867
Arrangement: subject.
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Series 3. Volumes, 1857-1901 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Processed by: Staff, 1936-1982
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, November 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
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