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Size | 1 volume |
Abstract | Kate S. Carney was the daughter of a merchant of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The collection is a Diary (chiefy 1859-1862) of Kate S. Carney describing antebellum life in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; travel in the Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, and Canada; schooling in Philadelphia; a stay with her sister in Yazoo County, Miss.; and life in Murfreesboro during the Civil War while the city was under U.S. army occupation. |
Creator | Carney, Kate S., b. 1842. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, July 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, September 2020
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Daughter of a merchant of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Diary, with entries dated chiefly 1859-1862, of Kate S. Carney describing antebellum life in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; travel in the Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, and Canada; schooling in Philadelphia; a stay with her sister in Yazoo County, Miss.; and life in Murfreesboro during the Civil War while the city was under U.S. army occupation.
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Kate S. Carney DiaryIncludes a description of slaves purchased and bestowed as a wedding gift (1859) and the marriage of slaves (1862). |
Reel M-139/1-2
M-139/1M-139/2 |
Microfilm |