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Collection Number: 5438

Collection Title: Henry Bosman Covington Papers, 1840s-1920s (bulk 1870s-1880s)

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Size 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 300 items)
Abstract The Henry Bosman Covington Papers, 1840s-1920s (bulk 1870s-1880s), consist of sermons, poems, and other writings by the Methodist minister of Paris, Henry County, Tenn., and other places in western Tennessee; letters to him; and other papers concerning the Covington, Ray, Boyd, and Cook families in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Texas. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.
Creator Covington, Henry Bosman (1830-1885)
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting this collection.
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 Henry Bosman Covington Papers #5438, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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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This summary description was created in November 2017 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.

Encoded by: Laura Smith

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Henry Bosman Covington (1830-1885) of Paris, Henry County, Tenn., was a Methodist circuit minister in western Tennessee.

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The Henry Bosman Covington Papers, 1840s-1920s (bulk 1870s-1880s), consist of sermons, poems, and other writings by the Methodist minister of Paris, Henry County, Tenn., and other places in western Tennessee; letters to him; and other papers concerning the Covington, Ray, Boyd, and Cook families in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Texas.

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