Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4276
WILLIAM E. UZZELL COLLECTION
INVENTORY
Abstract: Letters and other papers collected by William E.
Uzzell of Atlanta, Georgia. Included are the
following: five letters, 1857, from David Bisset,
Weldon, N.C., and Anderson, S.C., about railroad
construction; Chatham County, N.C., legal documents,
1787-1822; letters from (I?) J. Howe, a Confederate
soldier from South Carolina, and other about
conditions at Camp Guerrin, S.C., and other
Confederate and Union camps; letters from prisoners at
Point Lookout, Md.; family and financial letters and
other items, 1854-1880, of Daniel W. Jordan, a South
Carolina planter; letters, 1840-1845, concerning
tobacco processing in Lynchburg, Va.; letters, 1872-
1901, to J. M. Sykes of Oxford, N.C., about Republican
Party activities and other matters; and a diary kept
by William Uzzell during the University of North
Carolina's "Transcontinental Student Tour" of 1930.
Online Catalog Terms:
Bissett, David, fl. 1857.
Camp Guerrin (S.C.).
Chatham County (N.C.)--History.
College students--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Confederate States of America. Amry--Military life.
Diaries--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Jordan, Daniel W., ca. 1790-1883.
Lynchburg (Va.)--Industries--History--19th century.
Plantation owners--South Carolina.
Point Lookout (Md.).
Republican Party (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Railroads--Southern States--Design and construction.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence--History--Civil War,
1861-1865.
Sykes, J. M.
Tobacco industry--Virginia--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and
prisons.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--
20th century.
Uzzell, William E., 1899- .
Size: About 150 items (.25 feet).
Provenance: Received of William E. Uzzell, of Atlanta, Georgia,
chiefly in October 1980.
Access: No restrictions.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Series Description
Container List
SERIES DESCRIPTION
The items in this collection have been divided into the
following sets:
Bissett, David.
Five letters, 1857, from David Bisset in Weldon, North
Carolina, and Anderson, South Carolina, to Beverly Winson,
chiefly concerning railroad construction.
Folder 1
Chatham County (North Carolina).
Deeds, warrants, and other Chatham County legal documents,
1787-1822.
Folder 2
Civil War.
Camp Guerrin (South Carolina).
Ten letters, January-May 1862, written by [I.?] J. Howe
(see also folder 5) while at Camp Guerrin, updating his family
on his condition.
Folder 3
Point Lookout (Maryland).
Seven letters, 1863-1864, written by prisoners-of-war at
the federal prison at Point Lookout, chiefly to Virginia
Emerson, probably in Virginia. The letters ask for money,
clothes, and other necessities.
Folder 4
Other Civil War Items.
Seven letters, 1861-1863, from soldiers telling their
families about camp conditions. Three of the letters are from
[I.?] J. Howe, a Confederate soldier from South Carolina,
writing from James Island, South Carolina, and near Richmond,
Virginia. The other four are from Federal soldiers writing
from Camp Barnes and Camp Hicks, both apparently in Maryland,
from Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, and from Camp
[P?]itcher, location unknown. Also included is a federal
medical discharge, 1863, and a "Monthly Return of Clothing..."
report from Co. G, 160th New York Volunteers, October 1865,
issued at Savannah, Georgia.
Folder 5
Jordan, Daniel. W.
Fifteen letters, 1854-1880, and some financial material
relating to Jordan, a South Carolina planter, who is addressed
at both Georgetown and Little River, or other members of his
family, including daughters who went to school in North
Carolina.
Folder 6
Miscellaneous Letters.
About thirty letters, 1827-1909, chiefly relating to
personal or business matters. Included are the following
items:
Letter, 22 April 1840, George Tuthill of Pennsylvania to
William Stone of Massachusetts, expressing concern that
the election of Benjamin Harrison may jeopardize the
abolitionist movement.
Correspondence, 1840-1845, between Jane and C. W.
Winfree, concerning tobacco manufacture in Lynchburg,
Virginia, and other matters.
Letter, 13 June 1845, R. H. Morrison, a Davidson College
(Davidson, N. C.) professor, to James Morrow, a Davidson
alumnus and Philadelphia medical student. Morrison urged
Morrow to practice medicine in the South, where he saw a
shortage of doctors.
Letter, 14 April 1855, from Samuel Roston in
Independence, Missouri, commenting on a pro-slavery
election victory in the Kansas Territory.
Folder 7 1827-1845
8 1846-1909
Miscellaneous Financial and Legal Items.
Chiefly receipts, April 1903, of Mary Dunning, M. D., of
Newburgh, New York. Also included are a few deeds and other
items.
Folder 9
Pension Claims.
Material relating to attempts by Peter Kniff and Cornelius
Simpson, both of Orange County, New York, to obtain invalid
pensions for disabilities received during the Civil War.
Folder 10
Smith-Nelson Family.
"More `Sidelights' in the Smith-Nelson Family," apparently
of central North Carolina, four-page typescript by George
Frederick Smith.
Folder 11
"Summer School on Wheels".
Typed diary, about twenty-five pages, kept by William E.
Uzzell during the University of North Carolina's
Transcontinental Student Tour of 1930.
Folder 12
Sykes, J. M.
About twenty-five letters, 1872-1901, chiefly to Sykes, of
Oxford, North Carolina, relating to business interests and to
the Republican Party. Several pieces of campaign literature,
ca. 1890, also appear.
Folder 13
Pictures.
P-4276/1 John B. royster, murder suspect, ca. 1891.
/2 Members of UNC class of 1899 with others, 1949.
CONTAINER LIST
Box 1 (only).
Items Separated:
P-4276/1-2