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[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.

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• Autobiographies--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Families--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.

Woodson Wren (b. 1779) was raised on the frontier, later serving as collector of customs in New Orleans, La., and postmaster in Natchez, Miss. Woodson's daughter Catherine married James Rainey.

The collection is an autobiographical sketch (11 pages), written after 1837, of Woodson Wren and a few letters between him and his relatives, including his daughter Catherine, chiefly discussing family and personal matters.