Inventory of the Philip Rainey Papers, 1835-1851
Collection Number 3420-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Rainey, Philip, fl. 1835-1849.
- Title
- Philip Rainey Papers, 1835-1851.
- Call Number
- 3420-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 46 items.
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Administrative Information
- 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 Philip Rainey Papers, #3420-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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Hempstead County (Ark.)--Economic conditions.
- Hempstead County (Ark.)--Social conditions.
- Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Rainey, Philip, fl. 1835-1849.
- Springfield (Ill.)--Economic conditions.
- Springfield (Ill.)--Social conditions.
Collection Overview
Letters received by Rainey of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Va., chiefly concerning merchandising and lands, from two friends and business partners who had gone to Hempstead County, Ark., and Springfield, Ill. The letters discuss business transactions, economic and social conditions, and personal matters, including moving from Virginia to Arkansas.