Inventory of the Samuel Scarbrough Correspondence, 1834-1848

Collection Number 5171-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
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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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Scarbrough, Samuel.
Title
Samuel Scarbrough Correspondence, 1834-1848
Call Number
5171-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 10
Abstract
Samuel Scarbrough (fl. 1834-1848) was the postmaster of Mount Gilead in Montgomery County, N.C.
The collection includes letters from Samuel Scarbrough's brothers Ambrose Scarbrough of Russell County, Ala., and Wilson Scarbrough of Campbell County, Ga.; from his nephew John A. Reynolds of Russell County, Ala.; and from Edmund Scarbrough of Mifflin, Tenn., and Abner Nash of Benton County, Ala. Correspondence describes the prices of slaves, land, cotton, corn, wheat, flour, and pork; religious revivals; health concerns; the difficulty of collecting debts; and politics.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Received from J. Douglas Mattox in February 2001 (Acc. 99146).
Processing Information
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2004
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2004
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Samuel Scarbrough Correspondence #5171-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

Agriculture--Southern States--History--19th century.
Alabama--Economic conditions.
Benton County (Ala.)--History.
Campbell County (Ga.)--History.
Family--Southern States--Social life and customs.
Georgia--Economic conditions.
Mifflin (Tenn.)--History.
Mount Gilead (N.C.)--History.
Postmasters--North Carolina.
Revivals--Southern States.
Russell County (Ala.)--History.
Scarbrough, Samuel, fl. 1834-1848.
Scarbrough family.
Slavery--Southern States.
Southern States--Economic conditions.
Southern States--Religious life and customs.
Southern States--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

Samuel Scarbrough (fl. 1833-1848) was the postmaster of Mount Gilead in Montgomery County, N.C.

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Collection Overview

Correspondence of Samuel Scarbrough (fl. 1834-1848), the postmaster of Mount Gilead in Montgomery County, N.C., includes letters from his brothers Ambrose Scarbrough of Russell County, Ala., and Wilson Scarbrough of Campbell County, Ga.; from his nephew John A. Reynolds of Russell County, Ala.; and from Edmund Scarbrough of Mifflin, Tenn., and Abner Nash of Benton County, Ala. Correspondence describes the prices of slaves, land, cotton, corn, wheat, flour, and pork; religious revivals; health concerns; the difficulty of collecting debts; and politics.

Four of the letters are fragments.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Correspondence, 1834-1848.
10 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1
Correspondence, 1834-1848

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