Inventory of the Edward Clements Yellowley Papers, 1842-1864

Collection Number 2122-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


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Manuscripts Department
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Yellowley, Edward Clements, d. 1885.
Title
Edward Clements Yellowley Papers, 1842-1864.
Call Number
2122-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
47 items.
Abstract
Papers of Yellowley of Pitt County, N.C., chiefly antebellum correspondence concerning the collection of monies owed him, and letters to his wife and military correspondence while he was an officer of the 8th Regiment N.C. State Troops and the 68th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in the coastal area of North Carolina, concerning troop movements, deserters, and other military matters. Also included is a letter, 1861, from Houston, Tex., about the social and political climate in Texas.


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Administrative Information

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 Edward Clements Yellowley Papers, #2122-z, 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.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 68th.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
North Carolina. Militia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Pitt County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Texas--Politics and government--1861-1865.
Yellowley, Edward Clements, d. 1885.
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Collection Overview

Papers of Yellowley of Pitt County, N.C., chiefly antebellum correspondence concerning the collection of monies owed him, and letters to his wife and military correspondence while he was an officer of the 8th Regiment N.C. State Troops and the 68th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in the coastal area of North Carolina, concerning troop movements, deserters, and other military matters. Also included is a letter, 1861, from Houston, Tex., about the social and political climate in Texas.