Inventory of the Sallie Rowan Saufley Papers, 1864-1916; 1929

Collection Number 2867


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
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Saufley, Sallie Rowan, b. 1847.
Title
Sallie Rowan Saufley Papers, 1864-1916; 1929.
Call Number
2867
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 115 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Letters received, 1864-1867, by Sallie Rowan of Tennessee from Micah C. Saufley (1842-1910), describing his experiences as a Confederate soldier imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Del., his law studies and practice in Louisville and Monticello, Ky., and postwar conflicts of northern and southern sympathizers in Kentucky; letters from Sallie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stokeley Donelson Rowan, in McMinnville, Tenn., after her marriage in 1867; and letters, 1907-1916, from her son, Richard Caswell Saufley (died 1916), United States naval officer, as a student at the United States Naval Academy, at sea, and as an aviator at Pensacola, Fla., about his military activities, his opinion of political affairs, and other matters.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Partial microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1952
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 Sallie Rowan Saufley Papers, #2867, 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.

Family--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
Fort Delaware (Del.)
Kentucky--History--1865-
Law students--Kentucky--History--19th century.
Naval aviation--History--20th century.
Navy-yards and naval stations--Florida--Pensacola--History--20th century.
Practice of law--Kentucky--History--19th century.
Rowan, Stokeley Donelson, fl. 1867.
Saufley, Micah C., 1842-1910.
Saufley, Richard Caswell, d. 1916.
Saufley, Sallie Rowan, b. 1847.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
United States Naval Academy--Students--History--20th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
United States. Navy--Aviation--History--20th century.
United States. Navy--Officers--History--20th century.
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Collection Overview

Letters received, 1864-1867, by Sallie Rowan of Tennessee from Micah C. Saufley (1842-1910), describing his experiences as a Confederate soldier imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Del., his law studies and practice in Louisville and Monticello, Ky., and postwar conflicts of northern and southern sympathizers in Kentucky; letters from Sallie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stokeley Donelson Rowan, in McMinnville, Tenn., after her marriage in 1867; and letters, 1907-1916, from her son, Richard Caswell Saufley (died 1916), United States naval officer, as a student at the United States Naval Academy, at sea, and as an aviator at Pensacola, Fla., about his military activities, his opinion of political affairs, and other matters.