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Collection Number: 01987

Collection Title: Laurent Dupre Papers, 1862-1866.

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Size 27 items
Abstract Microfilm of letters in 1862 are between Lucius J. Dupre, Laurent Dupre's father, a Louisiana legislator, who wrote to Jefferson Davis suggesting that the depleted Louisiana regiments be sent home from Virginia to defend their native state and from Jefferson Davis to Lucius J. Dupre about why his suggestion could not be followed. Letters, 1865-1866, are chiefly from family members to Laurent Dupre while he was a student at Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy near Alexandria, La. Letters contain information about routine family matters and advice to Laurent about his studies and other affairs.
Creator Dupre, Laurent.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Laurent Dupre Papers, #1987, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021

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Microfilm of letters in 1862 are between Lucius J. Dupre, Laurent Dupre's father, a Louisiana legislator, who wrote to Jefferson Davis suggesting that the depleted Louisiana regiments be sent home from Virginia to defend their native state and from Jefferson Davis to Lucius J. Dupre about why his suggestion could not be followed. Letters, 1865-1866, are chiefly from family members to Laurent Dupre while he was a student at Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy near Alexandria, La. Letters contain information about routine family matters and advice to Laurent about his studies and other affairs.

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Reel M-1987/1

Microfilm copy of papers, 1862-1866

Access restriction: The original physical documents are not owned by the Library or stored in Wilson Special Collections Library.

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