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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Bertha Bragg Scriven Papers, #2981-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Schindler's, Charleston, S.C., November-December 1953.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Americans--China--Hong Kong--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Bragg, Edward S. (Edward Stuyvesant), 1827-1912.
• Consuls--China--Hong Kong--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Hong Kong (China)--Social life and customs.
• Scriven family.
• Scriven, Bertha Bragg.
• Scriven, George P. (George Percival), b. 1854.
• United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• United States. Army--Officers--Social life and customs.

Bertha Bragg Scriven was the wife of George P. Scriven (1854-1940) and the daughter of Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912). Mrs. Scriven maintained a home in Washington, D.C., but also lived abroad in Italy, France, and England.

George Percival Scriven (born 1854), native of Pennsylvania, was educated at the United States Military Academy. He served in the United States army officer stationed in Georgia, the Philippines, Cuba, and China.

Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (1827-1912) practiced law in Fond du Lac, Wisc.; was an officer in the Union army during the Civil War; was active in the Democratic party; United States congressman, 1877-1883 and 1885-1887; delegate to the Democratic National Convention; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, 1888-1889; and consul general in Hong Kong, China, 1903-1906.

The collection is chiefly letters received by Bertha Bragg Scriven from her husband, George Percival Scriven in Georgia, the Philippines, Cuba, and Peking, China, concerning family and personal matters, and Scriven's daily activities. Also included are letters received from her father, Edward Stuyvesant Bragg written while he was consul general at Hong Kong, China, 1903-1904, concerning family and social affairs.