Inventory of the Henry Page Papers, 1860-1861

Collection Number 573-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
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
Page, Henry, fl. 1860-1861.
Title
Henry Page Papers, 1860-1861.
Call Number
573-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
4 items.
Abstract
Henry Page was a student at the University of Virginia and the stepson of United States representative from Maryland and railroad president John Woodland Crisfield (1808-1897). The collection includes letters from John Woodland Crisfield to his stepson, Henry Page. Topics discussed include the election of 1860 and secession. One letter was written while Crisfield was a delegate to the Washington Peace Convention of 1861.


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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 Henry Page Papers, #573-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.

Conference Convention (1861 : Washington, D.C.)
Crisfield, John W. (John Woodland), 1806-1897.
Page, Henry, fl. 1860-1861.
Presidents--United States--Election--1860.
Secession.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
University of Virginia--Students--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

Henry Page was a student at the University of Virginia and the stepson of United States representative from Maryland and railroad president John Woodland Crisfield (1808-1897).

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Collection Overview

The collection includes letters from John Woodland Crisfield to his stepson, Henry Page. Topics discussed include the election of 1860 and secession. One letter was written while Crisfield was a delegate to the Washington Peace Convention of 1861.