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No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the McDonald and Lawrence Family Papers, #983-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

All or part of this collection is available on microfilm.

Acquisitions Information

1945

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Education--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Families--Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Families--South Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Hancock County (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
• Lawrence family.
• McDonald family.
• McDonald, Charles James, 1793-1860.
• McDonald, Charles, b. 1744.
• McDonald, Mary Glas.
• Salem Academy (Winston-Salem, N.C.)--History--19th century.
• South Carolina College--History--19th century.
• South Carolina--Social life and customs.
• University of South Carolina--History--19th century.

• Elizabeth Furman Talley Papers (#1043); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The McDonald family of Georgia and South Carolina included Charles McDonald (born 1744); his wife, Mary Glas McDonald; their son, Charles James McDonald (1793-1860), all of Hancock County, Ga., and others, of other locations in Georgia and South Carolina.

The collection includes MacDonald and Lawrence family papers, chiefly letters, 1810-1851, of Charles McDonald, Mary Glas McDonald, Charles James McDonald, and others. Letters discuss various family matters, including schooling; children of the family attended various schools including South Carolina College and Salem Academy.