Inventory of Miscellaneous Letters, 1786-1982

Collection Number 516

Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information

Descriptive Summary

Administrative Information

Online Catalog Headings

Collection Overview

Detailed Description of the Collection

Letters, 1786-1982.

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/

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.

Title: Miscellaneous Letters, 1786-1982

Call Number: 516

Language of Materials: Materials in English

Extent: Items: About 300; Linear Feet: 1.0

Abstract

The collection is single or very small groups of unrelated letters, many from the 19th century, to and from various persons, especially southerners who were prominent in the literary and political areas. Topics include family life; travels in North Carolina and other parts of the South; social life and customs; plantation life; slavery and slave sales North Carolina, Maryland, and other places; local and national politics; the Civil War, both military action and the homefront in Louisiana, North Carolina (including blockading the coast and attacking Fort Fisher), Mississippi, and other parts of the South; the University of North Carolina; World War I; literature; and other topics. Among the correspondents are Abiel Abbott, Henry Ward Beecher, Alfred Holt Colquitt, Sherman Converse, Peter Early, Frank Porter Graham, Sam Houston, Washington Irving, Andrew Jackson, Laura Riding Jackson, North Carolina governor Samuel Johnston, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Milledge, Margaret Mitchell, Wilson Cary Nicholas, North Carolina writer William S. Pearson, Isaac F. Shepard, Edward Stanly, Edward Telfair, Albion W. Tourgée, Martin Van Buren, Abraham Bedford Venable, and Daniel Webster.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access: No restrictions.

Acquisitions Information

Processing Information: Processed by: Southern Historical Collection Staff,; Encoded by: Eben Lehman, March 2007; This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.

Additional Descriptive Resources

Some individual letters are described more fully in a paper finding aid available at the repository.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in Miscellaneous Letters #516, 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.

Abbot, Abiel, 1770-1828.

Agriculture--Southern States--History--19th century.

American literature--Southern States.

Authors, American--Southern States--History--19th century.

Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History.

Colquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.

Confederate States of America--Social conditions.

Converse, Sherman, 1790-1873.

Early, Mr. (Peter), 1773-1817.

Family--Southern States--Social life and customs.

Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort)--Siege, 1864-1865.

Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991.

Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.

Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Migration, Internal--Southern States.

Milledge, John, 1757-1818.

Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.

Merchants--Southern States--History--19th century.

Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1761-1820.

North Carolina--Description and travel.

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pearson, William S. (William Simpson), 1849-1920.

Plantations--North Carolina.

Plantations--Southern States.

Shepard, Isaac F. (Isaac Fitzgerald), 1816-1889.

Slavery--Maryland.

Slavery--North Carolina.

Slavery--Southern States.

Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.

Southern States--Commerce.

Southern States--Description and travel.

Southern States--Politics and government.

Southern States--Religion.

Southern States--Social life and customs.

Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872.

Telfair, Edward, ca. 1735-1807.

Temperance--Southern States--History--19th century.

Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862.

Venable, Abraham Bedford, 1758-1810.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.

Women authors, American--Southern States.

Collection Overview

Detailed Description of the Collection

Letters, 1786-1982.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: Folders 1-161 are in chronological order; beginning with folder 162, materials are filed in order as received.

Folder 1

James Jackson, Savannah, Ga., to unknown recipient, 1 June 1786.

Folder 2

B. Dickson, Williamsburg, Va., to William Nelson, Richmond, Va., 3 April 1786.

Folder 3

Daniel Morgan to David Allison, Falmouth, Va., 28 June 1786.

Folder 4

Samuel Johnston, governor of North Carolina, to the public treasurer, 3 August 1788.

Folder 5

Alexander Martin, Danbury, N.C., to Francis Child, 18 April 1790.

Folder 6

Joseph Williams, Surry, to Francis Child, Fayetteville, N.C., 27 November 1790.

Folder 7

Noble Wimberly Jones, Lambeth near Savannah, Ga., to Dr. George Jones, Savannah, 22 April 1797.

Folder 8

John Steele, Hawkins Court House, Tenn., to Edward Carrington, Richmond, Va., 6 May 1798.

Folder 9

Nathaniel Macon, Philadelphia, Pa., to William P. Little, Warrenton, N.C., 17 February 1800.

Folder 10

Edward Telfair, Savannah, Ga., to governor John Milledge, 1 February 1803.

Folder 11

Lieutenant J. Fergus, Fayetteville, N.C., to William Linnard, Philadelphia, Pa., 18 April 1803.

Folder 12

Lieutenant Colonel Constant Freeman, Fort Johnson, S.C., to William Linnard, Philadelphia, Pa., 9 August 1803.

Folder 13A

Timothy Bloodworth, Wilmington, N.C., to governor James Turner, Raleigh, N.C., 17 June 1805.

Folder 13B

A letter, dated 11 August 1805, from J. Hawley of Fayetteville, N.C., to John E. Hawley of Bradalben, N.Y., chiefly about family news and the state of the nation (Acc. 91041).

Folder 14

Seaborn Jones, Princeton, N.J., to William Hart Jr., Mill Haven, Ga., dated 30 September 1806.

Folder 15

Thomas Goode, Philadelphia, Pa., to Samuel Johnston, Louisburg, N.C., 4 December 1807.

Folder 16

Abraham Bedford Venable, Richmond, Va., to Wilson Cary Nicholas, Washington, D.C., 5 December 1807.

Folder 17

Peter Early, Greene County, Ga., to John Milledge, 14 September 1808.

Folder 18

William B. Sprague, Woodlawn Plantation, Mount Vernon, Va., to Reverend Abiel Abbot, 2 March 1816.

Folder 19

John Holloway, Williamson County, Tenn., to James Leigh, Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, N.C., 10 September 1817.

Folder 20

Rev. Abiel Abbot, St. James Parish, S.C., to John Abbot, Brunswick, Maine, 15 December 1818.

Folder 21

J. N. Saul, New Orleans, La., to Captain Tichener, Natchez, Miss., 15 May 1819.

Folder 22

John Rodgers, Washington, D.C., to Charlotte Bullis, 20 January 1819.

Folder 23

Rev. Artemas Boies, Wilmington, N.C., to Joseph Boies, Greeenwich, N.Y., 7 April 1819.

Folder 24

Sam Houston to Maj. R. J. Eisler, 1 October 1820.

Folder 25

Arnold Mallinchrod, Elberfeld, Germany, to Dr. Kenan, Sampson County, N.C., 5 October 1820.

Folder 26

Robert Abbott, Richmond Va., to Edward A. Russell, Petersburg, Va., July 1821.

Folder 27

Marcus Brutus Osborn, Plymouth, N.C., to Frances Smith, Petersburg, Va., 28 February 1823.

Folder 28

Sarah G. Sawyer, Elizabeth City, N.C., to Samuel E. Foote, New York City, 9 April 1825.

Folder 29

Ann M. Phelps, Fayetteville, N.C., to her cousin, Connecticut, 18 April [1825?].

Folder 30

Martin Shive, Cabarrus County, N.C., to Lewis Shive, York Borough, Pa., 3 June 1826.

Folder 31a

Samuel Randall, Montevallo, Shelby County, Ala., to John Turner, Colchester, Conn., 19 July 1826.

Folder 31b

Augustus B. Longstreet, Augusta, Ga., to John Cumming, Savannah, Ga., 23 December 1829.

Folder 32

Sarah G. Sawyer, Elizabeth City, N.C., to Samuel E. Foote, Cincinnati, Ohio, 18 January 1833.

Folder 33

Robert Young Hayne, Charleston, S.C., Benjamin Silliman, New Haven, Conn., 7 June 1833.

Folder 34

J. V. Grigg, Wayne County, Ind., to Charles Banner, Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., 30 September 1834.

Folder 35

Thomas Bennett, Charleston, S.C., to Thomas Ustick Walter, Philadelphia, Pa., 3 February 1836.

Folder 36

M. Bedford, Mount Hope, to unknown recipient, 18 February 1836.

Folder 37

William T. Gould, August, Ga., to his wife, Litchfield, Conn., 11 July 1838.

Folder 38

Mrs. Bossieux, Richmond, Va., to John M. Bossieux, Fayetteville, N.C., 19 July 1838.

Folder 39

Mrs. Bossieux, Richmond, Va., to John M. Bossieux, Augusta, Ga., 8 September 1838.

Folder 40

W. N. Todd, Fayette, Miss., to Elizabeth Todd, Carrolton, Carrol County, Ky., 4 February 1839.

Folder 41

Leonard Perry, Baltimore, Md., to Thomas B. Evans, 1847.

Folder 42

Richard Mentor Johnson, Sante Chamber, to an unspecified committee, 12 February 1840.

Folder 43

This item unavailable as of 30 April 1991.

Folder 44

Bluford R. Eddings, Rose Hill, Greene County, Va., to Charles T. Graves, Barboursville, Orange County, Va., 15 July 1840.

Folder 45

A. M. Graham, Talladega, Ala., to John Were, Muddy Fork, Lincoln County, N.C., 18 November 1840.

Folder 46

Susan Allibone to Lucy Byrd, 7 February 1841.

Folder 47

Washington Irving, Tarrytown, N.Y., to Messrs. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, Pa., 9 August 1841.

Folder 48

Elizabeth Hemphill Jones Pope, Oak Grove, near Memphis, Tenn., to Maria Bush, Wilmington, Del., 28 February 1842.

Folder 49

J. G. Warriner, Mobile, Ala., to Edward A. Greene, Providence, R.I., 13 March 1842.

Folder 50

Anna M. Harrison, Canton, Miss., to Mrs. Stannard, Jackson, Miss., 24 July 1842.

Folder 51

William L. Martin, Lebanon, Tenn., to Dr. Syd Smith, Spring Hill, Marengo County, Ala., 20 October 1842.

Folder 52

Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook, N.Y., to Harmanus Bleecker, Albany, N.Y., 22 July 1843.

Folder 53

Frederick Fitzgerald, Somerset Place, N.C., to Samuel Farmer Jarvis, Jr., Washington College, Hartford, Conn., January 1844.

Folder 54

Jas. S. Ward, Arkadelphia, Clark County, Ark., to Hon. John T. Jones, Helena, Ark., 30 May 1844.

Folder 55

William Dedman, Rutherfordton, N.C., to Silvanus Dedman, Ruckersville, Ga., 8 August 1844.

Folder 56

Junius Wheeler, Raleigh, N.C., to Sarah C. Southall, Columbus, Miss., 14 August 1844.

Folder 57

John Christoph Bluch Ehringhous, Elizabeth City, N.C., to an unknown recipient, 10 October 1844.

Folder 58

Matthais H. Welles, Mobile, Ala., to Charles and George Welles, 31 December 1844.

Folder 59

Matthias H. Welles, Mobile, Ala., to Charles and George Welles, 8 February 1845.

Folder 60

Lew W. Berrry, Fredericksburg, Va., to Laurence Washington, Westmoreland County, Va., 1 July 1845.

Folder 61

R. G. Lindsay, Asheville, N.C. to his wife, Greensboro, N.C., 22 July 1845.

Folder 62

L. B. Weston[?], South Washington, New Hanover County, N.C., to Eunice E. Pitts, Augusta, Maine, 23 December 1845.

Folder 63

Edward S. Brown, Powhatan Court House, Va., to T. N. Loving, Holly Springs, Miss., 24 April 1846

Folder 64

H. Felts, Wentworth, N.C., to Alexander Walker, Independence, Mo., 9 January 1847.

Folder 65

G. W. Jones to B. W. Jones, Salem, Ala., 21 January 1847.

Folder 66

J. L. Lockhart, N.Y., to John Lockhart, Marion, Perry County, Ala., 23 April 1847.

Folder 67

Elizabeth Taylor, Hayfield, Va., to J. P. Aylett, Montville, King William, Va., 4 May 1847.

Folder 68

W. J. Bingham, Hillsboro, N.C., to Dr. Sydney Smith, Dayton, Ala., 1 July 1847.

Folder 69

Senator Henry Johnson, Senate Chamber, to unknown recipient, 14 December 1847.

Folder 70

Jacob F. Holland, Mobile, Ala., to Rev. Evan Roberts, Marengo County, Ala., 3 October 1848.

Folder 71

John T. Jones, Helena, Ark., to Col. Robert H. McEwen, Nashville, Tenn., 18 January 1849.

Folder 72

This item not available as of 30 April 1991.

Folder 73

Joseph S. Hartly, Arong, King and Queen County, Va., to Capt. C. H. Bonham, 15 May 1849.

Folder 74

This item not available as of 30 April 1991.

Folder 75

Anna, Milledgeville, Ga., to John Henry, Hayneville, Houston County, Ga., 9 March 1850.

Folder 76

J. Gardiner, Friedensfeld, St. Croix, to Rev. Vogler, 12 April 1850.

Folder 77

Robert C. Winthrop, Washington, D.C., to the secretary of the navy, 16 September 1850.

Folder 78

J. M. Graeber, Salem, Va., to John Fautz, Gold Hill, Rowan County, N.C., 18 January 1851.

Folder 79

Daniel Webster, Washington, D.C., to J. B. Gardiner, 25 January 1851.

Folder 80

Alfred M. Whitsett, Monroeton, Rockingham County, N.C., to George M. Hayes, Thornhill, Grange County, Tenn., 7 October 1852.

Folder 81

Washington Irving, Sunnyside, Irvington, N.Y., to George P. Putnam, 27 December 1852.

Folder 82

Alfred M. Whitsett, Monroeton, Rockingham County, N.C., to George M. Hayes, Thornhill, Grange County, Tenn., 16 January 1853.

Folder 83

George D. Baskerville, W. H. Edwards, and A. W. Venable, Warrenton, N.C., to unknown recipient, 17 April 1853.

Folder 84

Charles Ward, Washington, to his mother, 17 May 1854.

Folder 85

Daniel Duffy, Salem, Va., to James H. Piper, Wytheville, Va., 21 August 1854.

Folder 86

Thomas F. Keller, Tuscumbia, Ala., to Thomas Warren, New Orleans, La., 24 October 1854.

Folder 87

Sarah E. F. Womble, Caswell County, N.C., to John Womble, Richmond, Va., 5 January 1855.

Folder 88

Carroll Spence, Constantinople, Turkey, to Mr. Baker, 26 March 1855.

Folder 89

Letter, 1855, from R. Tillotson at New River, La., to his sister about his plantation, making sugar, and personal news. He also wrote about the religious practices of his slaves (Acc. 86146).

Folder 90

James Dorns, Dorns Mines, near Sleepy Creek, Ga., to J. Slocum, New York City, 6 April 1856.

Folder 91

Henry Ward Beecher, Brooklyn, N.Y., to John J. Foote[?], Hamilton, N.Y., 1 October 1856.

Folder 92

J. Warren Hill, Anderson Court House, S.C., to his mother, Richmond, Va., 12 December 1856.

Folder 93

Reuben Nason, Quitman, Clarke County, Miss., to his mother, [Maine?], 3 October 1857.

Folder 94

A. Zachary, Jackson County, N.C., to his nieces, 1 July 1858

Folder 95

Reuben Nason, Quitman, Clarke County, Miss., to his mother, [Maine?], 3 October 1858.

Folder 96

A. T. B. Merritt, New Orleans, La., to William H. E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Va., 12 March 1859.

Folder 97

R. P. Lunceford, Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C., to David Lunceford and sister Elizabeth, Fulton, Miss., 19 September 1859.

Folder 98

Junius Wheeler, Murfreesboro, Tenn., to Sarah C. Southall, Columbus, Miss., 20 February 1860.

Folder 99

Letter, Nannie V. Hale to her Cousin Rosa .

Describes her experiences at boarding school in Jonesville, N.C. Mentioned are examinations, homesickness, outings, and relationships between boys and girls at the school (added November 1986).

Folder 100

T. C. Hanson, Pittsburg, Upshur County, Tex., to John W. and Harriet Hanson, 7 June 1860.

Folder 101

James Dorn, Dorns Mines, near Sleepy Creek, Ga., to J. Slocum, New York City, 17 June 1860.

Folder 102

R. P. Lunceford, Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C., to David Lunceford and his sister Elizabeth, Fulton, Miss., 21 October 1860.

Folder 103

A letter, from J. L. Seay of Boydsville, Tennessee, to the clerk of the county court of Barber County, N.C., concerning the property of Winney Watford Morris (added April 1991).

Folder 104

R. P. Lunceford, Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C., to David Lunceford and his sister Elizabeth, Fulton, Miss., 25 November 1860.

Folder 105

D. W. Hilsabeck, Washburn, Woodford County, Ill., to his brother, 19 December 1860.

Folder 106

R. P. Lunceford, Smithfield, Johnston County, N.C., to David Lunceford and his sister Elizabeth, Fulton, Miss., 31 December 1860.

Folder 107

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cambridge, Mass., to Mr. Wilhelm, Milwaukee, Wisc., 27 January 1863.

Folder 108

A letter from Edmund Clarence Stedman in New York, to Edwin P. Whipple in Boston, dated 18 November 1863.

Stedman thanked Whipple for his many kind comments about his poetry (added April 1991).

Folder 109

W. H. McRary & Co., Wilmington, N.C., to J. R. Hargrave, Wadesboro, N.C., 19 January 1864.

Folder 110

Rebecca, Hillsboro, N.C., to her daughter, 9 March 1864.

Folder 111

Philip, Thibodaux, La., to his friends, Philadelphia, Pa., 31 October 1864.

Folder 112

Ellen Brown, Tuskegee, Ala., to her friends, 16 May 1865.

Folder 113

Dr. William Caldwell Tate, Morganton, N.C., to Catherine Powe, 27 August 1865.

Folder 114

Dr. William Caldwell Tate, Morganton, N.C., to Catherine Powe, 11 January 1866.

Folder 115

Solomon Pool, Chapel Hill, N.C., to Sidney Hayden, Sayre, Pa., 27 January 1866.

Folder 116

Kate [Mrs. Hiram H. Yale?], Richmond, Va., to Nellie E. Welles, Wethersfield, Conn., 19 May 1866; and Charles B. Yale, Richmond, Va., to Hiram H. Yale, Meriden, Conn., 20 June 1866.

Folder 117

This item not available as of 30 April 1991.

Folder 118

Bayard Taylor, Kennett Square, Pa., to unknown recipient, 8 November 1868.

Folder 119

Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, Chelsea, Mass., to John William Orr, 10 May 1869.

Folder 120

Salmon Portland Chase, Goldsboro, N.C., to Mr. H., 8 June 1869.

Folder 121

M. I. Griffith, Cedar Falls, Iowa, to his niece, near Greenville, S.C., 6 August 1869.

Folder 122

G. W. Quinan, Portersville, Tenn., to W. D. Knox, Davidson College, N.C., 13 October 1870.

Folder 123

Oliver Otis Howard, Howard University, Washington, D.C., to William Still, 29 February 1872.

Folder 124

Unknown writer, Taylor Springs, Va., to unknown recipient, 10 August 1873.

Folder 125

Lyman C. Draper, Madison, Wis., to Hon. James Chesnut, Camden, S.C., 6 September 1873.

Folder 126A

John D. Pemberton, Wadesboro, N.C., to Miss Sallie, 3 September 1875.

Folder 126B

16 April 1822, Andrew Jackson to Richard Keith Call.

Folder 127

H. A. Lilly, Jacksonville, Fla., to Mrs. Billings, 5 March 1876.

Folder 128

128 C. M. Cooke, Raleigh, N.C., to "Dear General," 25 January 1879.

Folder 129

Two letters, dated 2 and 24 March 1882, from H. Church to the Rev. Wm. H. Fremantle.

Church discussed a book by Professor Goldwin Smith, which Fremantle had lent to him. (added April 1991).

Folder 130

Porter Graves, Mebanville, N.C., to Jesse Franklin Graves, 1882.

Folder 131

J. G. Foster, Greensboro, N.C., to B. F. Hall, 8 November 1883.

Folder 132

H. W. Eno, Ocala, Fla., to Frank, 23 December 1883.

Folder 133

Belton O'Neall Townsend, Florence, S.C., to Francis Warrington Dawson, 10 May 1884.

Folder 134

Jesse C. Green, West Chester, Pa., to Frederick H. Winston, 31 October 1885.

Folder 135

Corydon C. Merriman to W. Martin Jones, 9 August 1885[?].

Folder 136

Alfred Holt Colquitt, Washington, D.C., to George M. Thornton, Flemington, N.J., 14 June 1886.

Folder 137

Albion W. Tourgée, Mayville, N.Y., to Joshua Nathaniel Steed, 30 April 1888.

Folder 138

William Lawrence Scott, Washington, D.C., to B. H. Warren, West Chester, Pa., 2 May 1888.

Folder 139

J. Wilder, Bristol, Tenn., and Virginia to Thomas H. Canfield, 8 Nomber 1890 and 26 May 1895.

Folder 140

George A. Hough, Rutherfordton, N.C., to Capt. Caleb Witcher Watkins and others, 21 November 1896.

Folder 141

Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, Mobile, Ala., to Samuel Spencer, 10 February 1897[?].

Folder 142

Jane E. Ward, London, England, to Margaret Ward, Raleigh, N.C., 30 July 1907.

Folder 143

A letter from Gilbert Dalziel to Frank Redway dated 11 July 1912.

Dalziel discussed two letters from W.S. Gilbert, which he was sending Redway, in which Gilbert talked about his "Bal Ballads" (added April 1991).

Folder 144

Mary, Manatee County, Fla., to her friends, 30 December 1914.

Folder 145A

21 January 1918, C. A. Brown of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina to G. F. McAllister of Mt. Pleasant, N.C., about the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod.

Folder 145B

George Edward Woodberry, Berkeley, Cal., to Miss Crogland[?], 25 June 1918.

Folder 146

Clark Griffith, Washington, D.C., to Frank Daniels, 3 July 1918.

Folder 147

John Sharp Williams, Cedar Grove, near Yazoo City, Miss., to Cecil Johnson, University of Virginia, 14 December 1923.

Folder 148

Frederick Augustus III, to John Gotthold Kuntsmann, 29 May 1929 and 31 May 1930.

Folder 149

Col. Harrison Howell Dodge, Mount Vernon, Va., to Margaret Busbee Shipp, 22 February 1933.

Folder 150

Col. Harrison Howell Dodge, Mount Vernon, Va., to Margaret Busbee Shipp, 16 September 1933.

Folder 151

Thomas Dixon to Isaac M. Meekins, 12 November 1936.

Folder 152

Margaret Mitchell, Atlanta, Ga., to Miss Martin, 17 February 1932.

Folder 153

Laura Riding Jackson to G. Van Keuren, 1939.

Folder 154

Unknown writer to W. A. Abernathy, Shelby, N.C., 22 June 1939.

Folder 155

Portia, Durham, N.C., to William E. Payne, Iowa City, Iowa, 24 September 1939.

Folder 156

J. H. Simmons, Gainesville, Ga., to Dr. Charles Lee Smith, Raleigh, N.C., 20 October 1940.

Folder 157

Wilbur Daniel Steele, Old Lyme, Conn., to Lester[?] Roberts, 21 March 1945.

Folder 158

Marian Sims, Charlotte, N.C., to Lester[?] Roberts, 3 June 1947.

Folder 159

John Taylor Manning[?], Chapel Hill, N.C., to Benjamin Warren Spaulding, Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C., 17 December 1963.

Folder 160

Chase Howard Webb, Silver City, N.M., to Alexander Lee Smoot, Greensboro, N.C., 23 January 1982.

Folder 161

H. G. Leigh to cousin, no date.

Folder 162

Four letters to Hilde and Alfred T. Brauer.

1 and 11 June 1942 from Archibald Henderson of the Mathematics Department at the University of North Carolina about Alfred Brauer's appointment in the department; 28 June 1947 from Henderson in response to birthday greetings from the Brauers; undated from Betty Smith to Mrs. Brauer about selling a stoker (Acc. 92119).

Folder 163

Letter, 23 November 1888, from William Herbert in Wilmington, N.C., to W. H. Hope in Williamsboro, N.C., about a real estate deal (added October 1992)

Folder 164

Letter of George B. Hanna at the United States Assay Office in Charlotte, N.C., to Stephen B. Weeks at Trinity College, N.C., 20 October 1891.

About securing a copy of a book on western North Carolina (added October 1992).

Folder 165

One letter, 1928, and three postcards, 1951-1953, from Frank Porter Graham to Mary Brevard Howell on general topics (Acc. 92159).

Folder 166

Photocopies of two letters of William E. Dunstan, a realtor of Elizabeth City, N.C., both apparently addressed to his son Fleetwood about William's father, Edmund Fleetwood Dunstan (1814-1864).

Typed transcriptions of the letters are included (Acc. 93017).

Folder 167

Seventeen letters, 1918, of John H. Smith in training at Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C., to his mother, Annie Alice Smith, in Roxbury, Mass., and his aunt and uncle, Belinda and James Coughlin, in Ashfield, Mass., about his army training.

Smith discussed camp life, including his regular attendance at Catholic masses; told of his introduction to trench digging and gas masks; and, occasionally, offered his opinions on life around Charlotte (Acc. 93032).

Folder 168

Photocopy of typed copy of letter, 9 May 1824, from R. K. Call in Washington, D.C., to "Sir" refuting charges against General Jackson (Acc. 94020).

Folder 169

Five letters and letter fragments from Confederate soldiers.

All apparently related in some way to the Griswold family, at camps and hospitals in Georgia and Virginia, 1862-1864, and one 1889 letter from H. Griswold in Ravenna, Kan., about planting (Acc. 94074).

Folder 170

A letter and a telegram, both dated 1886, to Samuel H. Wiley, relating to land in Salisbury, N.C. (Acc. 95087).

Folder 171

Three letters to Walter J. Norwood of Raleigh, N.C., from politicians thanking him for his support (Acc. 95087).

Folder 172

Letter, 1840, to James T. Green, physician of Strabane, N.C., from [C. A.?] Carpenter in New Berlin, Pa., renewing friendship and describing life in Pennsylvania (Acc. 95087).

Folder 173

Letter from physician and author Joseph Johnson of Charleston, S.C., to historian Benson J. Lossing of New York on the topic of the oldest churches in South Carolina (Acc. 97002).

Folder 174

Letter, 17 December 1850, to William Bland in Rutherford County, N.C., from his son and daughter-in-law in Gwinnett County, Ga., discussing crop prices and family life (Acc. 97192).

Folder 175

Letter, 16 December 1841, to T. G. Spear of Philadelphia, Pa., from U. J. Jones in Rocky Mount, N.C.

Describing Jones's voyage to North Carolina and experiences in "the sunny South, the land of sweet potatoes, sand and turpentine." Jones was apparently in North Carolina with a theatrical company that played in Wilmington and New Bern and planned to play in Raleigh. Although he professed to like the manners and customs of the people, Jones complained of the high prices and referred to North Carolinians as "piney wood Hoosiers (Acc. 98171).

Folder 176

Letter, 8 February 1863, to U. H. Wheeler of Washington, N.C., from Edward Stanly in New Bern, N.C.

Stanly was a native of New Bern who had practiced law in Washington, N.C.; had been a Whig member of Congress from North Carolina in 1837-1843 and 1849-1853 and of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1844-1849; moved to California in 1853 and practiced law in San Francisco; and was appointed Union military governor of North Carolina in 1862. This letter was written after Stanly had resigned as governor in January 1863. Stanly wrote to Wheeler that he had resigned because he had told people that the government would restore the property of loyal men and protect their Constitutional rights, but he did not believe that to be true after the Emancipation Proclamation. He also speculated about what kind of successor would be appointed and wrote about his hopes to see some of his friends in Washington after he was no longer governor (Acc. 98477).

Folder 177

Letter, 25 May 1868, from William S. Pearson in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Pearson was a student at the University of North Carolina. Pearson wrote to request money to settle an outstanding tuition bill. He indicated that he had been experiencing financial difficulties and would not be able to receive his diploma at graduation the next week unless he received help. William Pearson went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina; served as member of the University's Board of Trustees, 1905-1097; and published several books about North Carolina (Acc. 98665).

Folder 178

Letter, 28 September 1861, from M. P. Robinson, to his family.

Describing his family's health, a recent revival meeting he attended, and his work. Included is a forwarded letter on the same paper, 3 July 1861, from Sallie Miller of Currituck County, N.C., describing her family's health, the raising of volunteers for the Civil War, and her hopes for peace (Acc. 98710).

Folder 179

Letter, 1 July 1811, to Messrs. William Walter & Co., from Enoch Rust, Wilmington, N.C.

Discussing his shipping business, including a planned trip to Cuba (Acc. 98763).

Folder 180

Letter, 8 March 1863, to Edwin Keiger in Kinston, N.C., from Joseph Boles in Raleigh, N.C.

The letter describes the inflated prices for food, horses, and other goods during the Civil War. Included is discussion of why Boles was not serving in the army; his plan to visit Keiger; and his faith. The letter also has a postscript describing food and other items sent to Keiger by Eliza (Acc. 98932).

Folder 181

Letter, 7 August 1865, to Pamela Bolling West in Frederick, Md., from her sister Sallie in Charlotte, N.C.

The letter primarily discusses the whereabouts and activities of family and friends. There is also a brief allusion to the Civil War. Sallie mentioned an ill Captain Pope who delivered "Pa's" letter; the refugees in Charlotte; and the relative quiet of the city, which received little news. (Acc. 99712).

Folder 182

Letter, 12 December 1839, from Sherman Converse in Tuckahoe, N.C., to William Flanders in Woburn, Mass.

Converse, originally from Massachusetts, moved to North Carolina to teach school. He lived on the plantation of Colonel Cox and wrote about his impressions of plantation life and slavery (Acc. 99929).

Folder 183

Letter, 18 August 1863, from Isaac F. Shepard (1816-1889) to Major T. S. Bowers.

Shepard wrote from the Headquarters of the United States Colored Troops, Goodrich Landing. The letter is an intelligence report about the movements of the Confederate Army and its plans to enter Mississippi (Acc. 99930).

Folder 184

Letter, 11 March 1863, from Charles Gard[iepe?] from Memphis, Tenn., to his sister "Mrs. Clarmont," wife of "Gov. Clarmont".

Gard[iepe?] served in the United States Army during the Civil War and wrote about troop movements related to Vicksburg, Miss. He often mentioned Wisconsin. Commutation Receipt, 30 December 1863, for a Govis[?] Clairmont of Wisconsin. Letters, 21 February 1864 and 20 January 1865, are from C. B. Culver of the United States Navy on the United States steamer Britannica of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, to his brother. Culver wrote in detail about the movements of the ship, his job onboard the ship, and the attacks on Fort Fisher, N.C. (Acc. 99945).

Folder 185

Letter, 6 September 1934, from Sarah Holland to her uncle, K. K. Chapman of New Bern, N.C., consoling Chapman on the recent death of Ease, probably his wife.

Letter, 18 November 1945, from Pauline in Washington, D.C., to Margaret Chapman in Chapel Hill, N.C. Pauline wrote about family, commented extensively on the poetry of a family member or close friend, and made references to Margaret working at the University of North Carolina. Other letters to Margaret Chapman concern friends planning to visit or move to Chapel Hill, N.C., Christmas cards from 1948, and a wedding photograph (Acc. 100010).

Folder 186

Letter, 10 November 1831, from S. G. Husband to attorney Otho Scott of Bel Air, Md., concerning a slave named Rachel.

S. G. Husband was writing on behalf of her friend Thomas Brown, Rachel's owner, who, after returning home after a long absence, discovered that Rachel was about to sold to someone else. There were disagreements as to what should happen to Rachel and the letter relates Husband's fear that Rachel would be freed. Letter is written on paper on which someone had previously written two poems (Acc. 100098).

Folder 187

Slave bill of sale, 19 November 1797, from Dorothy Hall of Onslow County, N.C., to Will[iam?] Hubbard of Duplin County, N.C.

The bill of sale concerns a 45-year-old slave named Hanah [?]. Also includes a note tracing the owner of the bill to a Georgian, in 1887 (Acc. 100165).