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

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #4658-z
                      S. C. PAINTER PAPERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Letters, chiefly 1866-1869, written mostly by S.
           C. Painter of western Virginia to members of his
           immediate family.  Letters discuss the economic
           difficulties Painter experienced during Reconstruction
           while pursuing farming in North Carolina and Virginia
           and, later, a retail business in Virginia.  Of
           particular interest is a letter, 1 December 1867, in
           which Painter included an illustration of his
           "crooked" toothbrush.  Only one letter, 2 May 1861,
           relates to the Civil War.  In it, Painter described
           public support for the war and told how unprepared
           Richmond was to receive the thousands of soldiers who
           gathered there in May 1861.  Also included is a
           letter, 12 December 1867, from T. L. Painter (relation
           to S. C. Painter unknown) describing student life at
           an unspecified medical school near Richmond.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Farmers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   Farmers--Virginia--History--19th century.
   Livestock--Marketing--History--19th century.
   Medical students--Virginia--History--19th century.
   North Carolina--Economic conditions--19th century.
   Painter, S. C., fl. 1861-1885.
   Painter, T. L., fl. 1867.
   Reconstruction--North Carolina.
   Reconstruction--Virginia.
   Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Toothbrushes--History--19th century.
   Virginia--Economic conditions--19th century.

Size:  12 items.

Provenance:    Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Valley Stream,
               N.Y., in May 1993 (Acc. 93062). 

Access:        No restrictions.

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