Inventory of the William Booth Taliaferro Papers, 1805-1951

Collection Number 1822


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Descriptive Summary
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Biographical Note
Collection Overview
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Taliaferro, William Booth, 1822-1898.
Title
William Booth Taliaferro Papers, 1805-1951
Call Number
1822
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 microfilm reel.
Abstract
William Booth Taliaferro of Dunham Massie, Gloucester, Va. Four volumes containing typescripts of diaries and letters of William Booth Taliaferro of Dunham Massie, Gloucester, Va., 1844-1890; the diary of his wife Sally Lyons Taliaferro (1828-1899), 1859-1899; and other materials relating to members of the Taliaferro and Lyons families. Volume 1 contains letters of the Taliaferrros and Lyons family data. Volume 2 contains the Mexican War diary, 1847, and letters, 1847-1848, of William Booth Taliaferro, documenting his activities during the war. Also included is Taliaferro's 1871-1890 diary, which contains brief entries relating to weather, financial transactions, planting, and family and neighborhood activities. Volume 3 contains Sally Lyons Taliaferro's diary, 1859-1874; volume 4 contains her diary, 1875-1899. These diaries have brief entries about the weather and family and neighborhood news.


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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 William Booth Taliaferro Papers, #1822, 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.

Diaries.
Family--Virginia--Social life and customs.
Lyons family.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Taliaferro family.
Taliaferro, Sally Lyons, 1828-1899.
Taliaferro, William Booth, 1822-1898.
United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
United States. Army--Officers--Diaries.
Women--Diaries--History--19th century.
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

William Booth Taliaferro of Dunham Massie, Gloucester, Va.

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Collection Overview

Four volumes containing typescripts of diaries and letters of William Booth Taliaferro of Dunham Massie, Gloucester, Va., 1844-1890; the diary of his wife Sally Lyons Taliaferro (1828-1899), 1859-1899; and other materials relating to members of the Taliaferro and Lyons families. Volume 1 contains letters of the Taliaferrros and Lyons family data. Volume 2 contains the Mexican War diary, 1847, and letters, 1847-1848, of William Booth Taliaferro, documenting his activities during the war. Also included is Taliaferro's 1871-1890 diary, which contains brief entries relating to weather, financial transactions, planting, and family and neighborhood activities. Volume 3 contains Sally Lyons Taliaferro's diary, 1859-1874; volume 4 contains her diary, 1875-1899. These diaries have brief entries about the weather and family and neighborhood news.