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[Identification of item], in the Quince and Watters Family Papers, #615, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• American poetry--North Carolina--19th century.
• Arithmetic--Study and teaching--History--18th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Records and correspondence.
• Executions and executioners--Georgia--History.
• Hodge, William.
• New Hanover (N.C.)--History.
• New Hanover County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Quince family.
• Quince, John Louis, fl. 1861-1865.
• Quince, William Hasel, fl. 1861-1865.
• Sanders, James, b. 1762.
• Sanders, William.
• Saunders family.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Watters family.
• Watters, Mary Ivey Moore, 1770-1854.
• Wilmington Light Infantry.
• Women poets--North Carolina.
• Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

The Quince and Watters families resided in New Hanover County, N.C. Members include Confederate army soldiers William Hasel Quince and John Louis Quince.

The collection includes papers, chiefly 1839-1869, of the Quince and Watters families of New Hanover County, N.C. The bulk of the collection consists of letters and poems of Mary Ivey Moore Watters (1770-1854) and Confederate army letters of William Hasel Quince and John Louis Quince. Also included are a rollbook of the Wilmington Light Infantry, 1860; and a manuscript arithmetic book of James Sanders (born 1762), 1783-1786, which includes Sanders family data and the statement William Hodge made just before his execution in Oglethorpe County, Ga., as written down by William Sanders.