Inventory of the Rainey and Wren Family Papers, 1811-1868

Collection Number 1191-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
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
Rainey family.
Wren family.
Title
Rainey and Wren Family Papers, 1811-1868.
Call Number
1191-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
7 items.
Abstract
Autobiographical sketch (11 pages), written after 1837, of Woodson Wren (born 1779), raised on the frontier, collector of customs in New Orleans, La., and postmaster in Natchez, Miss.; and a few letters of Wren and his relatives, including his daughter Catherine, who married James Rainey, chiefly discussing family and personal matters.


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Administrative Information

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 Rainey and Wren Family Papers, #1191-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.

Autobiographies--Southern States--History--19th century.
Family--Southern States--Social life and customs.
Frontier and pioneer life--Southern States--History--18th century.
Natchez (Miss.)--History.
New Orleans (La.)--History.
Rainey family.
Rainey, Catherine Wren.
Rainey, James.
Wren family.
Wren, Woodson, b. 1779.
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Collection Overview

Autobiographical sketch (11 pages), written after 1837, of Woodson Wren (born 1779), raised on the frontier, collector of customs in New Orleans, La., and postmaster in Natchez, Miss.; and a few letters of Wren and his relatives, including his daughter Catherine, who married James Rainey, chiefly discussing family and personal matters.