Inventory of the John Y. Mason Correspondence, 1847-1848
Collection Number 496-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859.
- Title
- John Y. Mason Correspondence, 1847-1848.
- Call Number
- 496-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 3 items.
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Administrative Information
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the John Y. Mason Correspondence, #496-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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Artists--United States--History--19th century.
- Earl, James.
- Glendy, William M.
- Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859.
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
- Portraits, American--North Carolina.
- Ridgely, James S.
- Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872.
- United States. Navy--History--19th century.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
Collection Overview
Three letters from American artist Thomas Sully (1783-1872) and James Earle, 1847, about portraits of John Young Mason and James Knox Polk for student societies at the University of North Carolina; and one letter, 1848, from Mason to United States Navy Commander William M. Glendy about Master James S. Ridgely and his indiscretion in giving recruits extra liquor.