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[Identification of item], in the John L. Swain Papers, #3074-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift 1954

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• Carter, J. S., fl. 1893.
• Clergy--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 17th.
• Methodists--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Swain, John L., d. ca. 1880.

Scattered letters, 1862-1877, sent and received by Swain of Buncombe County, N.C., captain in the 17th North Carolina Regiment stationed in eastern North Carolina and a Methodist minister in North Carolina after the Civil War. The letters deal briefly with military and Methodist activities and other matters. Also included is a pocket memorandum book with records for 1893 of J. S. Carter.