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Size | 7.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8,000 items) |
Abstract | Kate (Catherine) Douglass DeRosset Meares married Gaston Meares, a Confederate Colonel who died at the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862. They had three sons: Armand Meares, Richard Ashe Meares, and Louis Henry Meares. Most of Kate DeRosset Meares's extended family also lived in Wilmington, N.C., including her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Armand John DeRosset. The collection is chiefly correspondence of Kate DeRosset Meares, her sons, and other family members. Other topics include Episcopal church news; Wilmington residents and events; illness and ailments of family members; domestic matters; and the work and education of her sons. Letters prior to 1862 include some of Gaston Meares's professional correspondence regarding business deals, trades, and market speculation. Other materials include financial papers and account books, 1840s-1900s; a law notebook, 1865; an undated list of household articles; a printed volume of DeRosset family genealogy; an 1890 handwritten article making the case for an African American suffragan bishop in North Carolina; a 1911 essay entitled "Opposition to Secession in the South" by Kate DeRosset Meares; and several cartes de visite depicting Meares and DeRosset family members. |
Creator | DeRosset (Family : Wilmington, N.C.)
Meares (Family : Wilmington, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff. Updated by Sara Mannheimer, June 2013.
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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Kate (Catherine) Douglass DeRosset Meares, of Wilmington, N.C., married Gaston Meares, a lawyer, businessman, and Confederate Colonel who died at the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862. They had three sons: Armand Meares, Richard Ashe Meares, and Louis Henry Meares. Richard Ashe Meares and Armand Meares attended St. Stephen's Episcopal College in Annandale, N.Y.; Armand Meares graduated in 1877 and then attended the General Theological Seminary in New York, N.Y. In 1876, Louis Henry Meares at age sixteen began working for his grandfather, but he was suspected of stealing money, and was sent to work on a farm in Friendship, N.C., in 1877. After college, Richard Ashe Meares moved to Winston, N.C. Armand Meares lived in New York, N.Y., and Baltimore, Md.
Most of Kate DeRosset Meares's extended family also lived in Wilmington, N.C., including her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Armand John DeRosset. Armand DeRosset was a physician and merchant.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly correspondence of Kate DeRosset Meares, her sons, and other family members. Other topics include Episcopal church news; Wilmington residents and events; illness and ailments of family members; domestic matters; and the work and education of her sons. Letters prior to 1862 include some of Gaston Meares's professional correspondence regarding business deals, trades, and market speculation. Other materials include financial papers and account books, 1840s-1900s; a law notebook, 1865; an undated list of household articles; a printed volume of DeRosset family genealogy; an 1890 handwritten article making the case for an African American suffragan bishop in North Carolina; a 1911 essay entitled "Opposition to Secession in the South" by Kate DeRosset Meares; several cartes de visite depicting Meares and DeRosset family members; certificates, clippings, and other papers.
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Folder 1-12
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Correspondence, 1844-1872 |
Folder 13-27
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Correspondence, 1873-April 1876 |
Folder 28-40
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Correspondence, May 1876-August 1877 |
Folder 41-51
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Correspondence, September 1877-December 1876 |
Folder 52-65
Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
Correspondence, 1879-May 1880 |
Folder 66-77
Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77 |
Correspondence, June 1880-April 1883 |
Folder 78-93
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Correspondence, May 1883-June 1892 |
Folder 94-106
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106 |
Correspondence, July 1892-March 1897 |
Folder 107-118
Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118 |
Correspondence, April 1897-September 1900 |
Folder 119-132
Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132 |
Correspondence, October 1900-June 1906 |
Folder 133-149
Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149 |
Correspondence, July 1906-1911 |
Folder 150-167
Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167 |
Correspondence, 1912-1942 and undated |
Folder 168-182
Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182 |
Correspondence, undated |
Folder 183-186
Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186 |
Financial and legal papers, 1847-1929 and undated |
Folder 187 |
Receipt book (Colonel Gaston Meares), 1861 |
Folder 188 |
Memorandum book (Kate DeRosset Meares), 1893-1894 |
Folder 189 |
Law notebook, 1865 |
Folder 190 |
Account book (John D. Palmer), 1866-1867 |
Folder 191 |
Account book (unidentified), 1855 |
Folder 192 |
Account book (Richard Ashe Meares), 1896 |
Folder 193 |
Bank book (Richard Ashe Meares), 1898 |
Folder 194 |
Account book (unidentified), 1896-1908 |
Folder 195 |
List of household articles, undated |
Folder 196 |
History and law notebook, undated |
Folder 197 |
Annals of the DeRosset Family (Kate DeRosset Meares) |
Folder 198 |
Article (author unknown), circa 1890Lengthy document making the case for an African American suffragan bishop in North Carolina. |
Folder 199 |
Certificates (Richard Ashe Meares), 1891-1897Announcing Richared Ashe Meares's appointments to the following positions in South Carolina: Notary Public, Member of the House of Representatives, and Trial Justice. |
Folder 200 |
Clippings, circa 1870-1960 |
Folder 201 |
Clippings: St. Mary's College Centennial, 1942 |
Folder 202 |
"Opposition to Secession in the South" (Kate DeRosset Meares), 1911 |
Folder 203 |
Genealogical materials, 1906-1908 and undated |
Folder 204-207
Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207 |
Other papers, circa 1860-1910Notes, speeches, school papers, poems, a petition regarding female suffrage in South Carolina, advertisements, invitations, programs, and other handwritten and printed materials. |
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Cartes de visite, circa 1850Individual portraits, probably of Meares and DeRosset family members. |