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[Identification of item], in the Edwin Augustus Osborne Papers, #567, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Autobiographies--North Carolina.
• Clergy--North Carolina--Diaries.
• Colson, Anna J.
• Diaries.
• Episcopal Church--Clergy--North Carolina--History.
• Episcopal Church--North Carolina
• Episcopal Church--North Carolina--History.
• Episcopal Church. Diocese of North Carolina--Records and correspondence.
• Estates (Law)--North Carolina.
• Europe--Description and travel.
• North Carolina--Biography.
• Osborne, Edwin Augustus, 1837-1926.
• Sermons--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Spanish-American War, 1898--Personal narratives.
• United States. Army--Chaplains--History.

Edwin Augustus Osborne (1837-1926) was a lawyer, Confederate colonel, Episcopal priest, and superintendent of Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte, N.C. He served as a chaplain in the Spanish-American War.

The collection includes papers, chiefly 1882-1926, of Edwin Augustus Osborne. Included are correspondence, chiefly 1910-1925 (with a few items before 1900), concerning family affairs (especially those of his children), Episcopal church politics and other matters, personal financial transactions, and, in 1900-1901, the estate of Anna J. Colson of Mooresville, N.C.; sermons and sermon notes; diary, 1882-1926 (19 volumes) of Osborne's activities, including his service as a chaplain in the Spanish-American War and a European trip in 1908; many books of personal memoranda and accounts; a variety of miscellaneous records of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina; a 127-page typescript autobiography; and other items.