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Size | About 50 items |
Abstract | Platt K. Dickinson (fl. 1835-1861) was a New York businessman who moved to Wilmington, N.C., in 1815 and became a plantation owner and lumberman. The collection includes personal correspondence, 1820-1861, between Platt Dickinson and his sister, Hannah Frances Dabney, and her husband, John G. Dabney, of Parma Centre (now Parma), Monroe County, N.Y., relating mainly to social affairs and family news. Letters of 1861 contain descriptions of the South's political position. |
Creator | Dickinson, Platt K. (Platt Ketcham), 1794-1867. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Platt K. Dickinson (fl. 1835-1861) was a New York businessman who moved to Wilmington, N.C., in 1815 and became a plantation owner and lumberman.
Back to TopThe collection includes personal correspondence, 1820-1861, between Platt K. Dickinson and his sister, Hannah Frances Dabney, and her husband, John G. Dabney, of Parma Centre (now Parma), Monroe County, N.Y., relating mainly to social affairs and family news. Letters, 1859-1861, contain allusions to rising instability in the South, including mention of the raid of Harpers Ferry, the disruption of mail and telegraph services, the South's political position, and the prospects of war.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1820, 1829, 1834-1836Includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
1837-1840 |
Folder 3 |
1855, 1857-1858 |
Folder 4 |
1859 |
Folder 5 |
1860-1861, undated |