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[Identification of item], in the Emma Pauline Nicholson Alexander papers #4632, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Billy Howell, Jr., of Charlotte, N.C., in October 1992 (Acc. 92156).

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Three letters originally included in the Mary E. Grattan Papers (#2975) and appearing on the microfilm version of that collection were transferred to the Emma Pauline Nicholson Alexander Papers in November 1992.

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• Alexander, Emma Pauline Nicholson, d. 1880.
• Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Demopolis (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
• Enfield (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Galveston (Tex.)--Social life and customs.
• Hillsborough (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• New Bern (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Nicholson family.
• Nicholson, Edward A. T., d. 1864.
• Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs.
• Salem Female Academy (Salem, Winston-Salem, N.C.)--Students--History--19th century.
• Scrapbooks.
• Tarboro (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Warrenton (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Women--Education--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

• Mary E. Grattan Papers (#2975).

Chiefly letters, 1856-1870, to Emma Pauline Nicholson Alexander of Enfield, N.C., wife of Sydenham Benoni Alexander (1840-1921), from friends and relatives, particularly cousins, in various locations in North Carolina, including Tarboro, Hillsboro, Warrenton, and New Bern, and in Richmond, Va., Galveston, Tex., and Demopolis, Ala. Many of these letters are from friends who attended school with Emma either at the Salem Female Academy or at boarding school in Hillsboro, N.C. Writers of these letters tend to reminisce about school events, discuss classmates, or give news of their activities since leaving school. There are also many letters from Emma's cousins and other relatives. These letters chiefly discuss routine family affairs. There are a few letters that relate to the Civil War, including two 1864 letters from Emma's brother Edward A. T. Nicholson, who served as aide to Brigadier General Robert D. Johnston and was killed in the charge on Fort Stedman in 1864, about the conduct of the war and about an expedition into the Valley of Virginia; a letter, 8 November 1864, from Eugene B. Wiggins at Camp Manly to his cousin Emma; a 4 March 1865 letter from former classmate Mary H. Whitaker in Tarboro about rumors of Northern troops in the vicinity; and a 7 July 1865 letter to Emma about the death of her brothers. Also included are Emma's scrapbook containing poems, some of them clipped from newspapers and others handwritten, 1850s-1874, about fallen heros of the Civil War and the virtues of women, a few printed tracts, and other items.