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Size | About 125 items |
Abstract | Leah Reemar Simpson and Rebecca Calhoun Simpson were sisters and residents of Pensacola, Fla. The collection includes chiefly descriptive letters received by the two sisters from friends and male relatives who traveled widely in the South and to New York City, 1830s-1870s. Topics include social and family life in Pensacola and elsewhere; general conditions in New York; news from German immigrants who were their friends, 1830s and 1840s; the railroad at Pensacola, 1853; and conditions in Florida, 1863. The items before 1834 and after 1865 are Pickens and Simpson family papers. |
Creator | Simpson, Leah Reemar, b. 1798.
Simpson, Rebecca Calhoun, b. 1800. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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Leah Reemar Simpson (born 1798) and Rebecca Calhoun Simpson (born 1800) were sisters and residents of Pensacola, Fla.
Back to TopThe collection includes chiefly descriptive letters received by two sisters (Leah Reemar Simpson, b. 1798 and Rebecca Calhoun Simpson, b. 1800) of Pensacola, Fla., from friends and male relatives who traveled widely in the South and to New York City, 1830s-1870s. Topics include social and family life in Pensacola and elsewhere; general conditions in New York; news from German immigrants who were their friends, 1830s and 1840s; the railroad at Pensacola, 1853; and conditions in Florida, 1863. The items before 1834 and after 1865 are Pickens and Simpson family papers.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
1797-1839 |
Folder 2 |
1841-1849 |
Folder 3 |
1852-1858 |
Folder 4 |
1860-1883 |
Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous and undated |
Reel M-664/1 |
Microfilm |