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

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #4762-z
                    WILLIAM E. RECTOR PAPERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Letters, 1840-1866, chiefly to William E. Rector
           of Cedar Hill, Spartanburg, and Williamston, S.C. 
           Correspondents are mainly family members, and topics
           discussed concern mostly domestic matters.  Two
           letters, dated 12 April 1864 and 2 March 1865, mention
           the Civil War.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Family--South Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Rector, William E.
           
Size:  11 items (1 folder).

Provenance:    Purchased from Doug Mattox in July 1995 (Acc.
               95089).

Access:        No restrictions.

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

DESCRIPTION

   Family letters, chiefly to William E. Rector.  The earliest
letter and one of the undated letters do not mention Rector.

   12 March 1840
   12 April 1846
   6  June 1846
   16 September 1863
   12 April 1864 (fragment)
   2 March 1865
   26 May 1866
   30 November 186[6]
   Undated:  2 letters and a recipe