Inventory of the Caroline O'Reilly Nicholson Papers, 1848-1894

Collection Number 547-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Nicholson, Caroline O'Reilly, b. ca. 1812.
Title
Caroline O'Reilly Nicholson Papers, 1848-1894.
Call Number
547-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
2 items.
Abstract
Caroline O'Reilly Nicholson was the wife of A. O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), United States senator and chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. The collection contains Reminiscences of an Octogenarian (Mrs. A. O. P. Nicholson), typescript (43 pages), written circa 1894, by Caroline O'Reilly Nicholson, and one letter. The reminiscences cover social activities, religious life, and town events in Columbia and Nashville, Tenn., 1820s-1840s; politics and elections in Tennessee, 1830s-1840s; social life in Washington, D.C., 1840s; and A. O. P. Nicholson's political activities, including his personal and political friendship with James K. Polk. The recollections end about 1850. The letter is from A. O. P. Nicholson to James K. Polk, 1848, recommending a young man for an appointment as midshipman.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Prior to 1940
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 Caroline O'Reilly Nicholson Papers, #547-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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Columbia (Tenn.)--History.
Nashville (Tenn.)--History.
Nicholson, A. O. P. (Alfred Osborn Pope), 1808-1876.
Nicholson, Caroline O'Reilly, b. ca. 1812.
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
Tennessee--Politics and government--To 1865.
Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
Women--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
Women--Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

Caroline O'Reilly Nicholson (born circa 1812) was the wife of A. O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), United States senator and chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.

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Collection Overview

The collection contains "Reminiscences of an Octogenarian (Mrs. A. O. P. Nicholson)," typescript (43 pages), written circa 1894, by Caroline O'Reilly Nicholson, and one letter. The reminiscences cover social activities, religious life, and town events in Columbia and Nashville, Tenn., 1820s-1840s; politics and elections in Tennessee, 1830s-1840s; social life in Washington, D.C., 1840s; and A. O. P. Nicholson's political activities, including his personal and political friendship with James K. Polk. The recollections end about 1850. The letter is from A. O. P. Nicholson to James K. Polk, 1848, recommending a young man for an appointment as midshipman.