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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 225 items) |
Abstract | James Wilson White (1839-1887) was a Confederate cavalry officer and later a merchant and planter at Fort Mill, S.C. The collection includes family correspondence and business papers, chiefly 1861-1882. Present are letters written by White while an officer of the 1st South Carolina Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War; his bills, receipts, accounts, and business correspondence after the war as a merchant and planter in Fort Mill, S.C.; and letters received from his father-in-law, Edwin Michael Holt (1807-1884), North Carolina textile manufacturing pioneer, and other members of the Holt family. |
Creator | White, James Wilson, 1839-1887.
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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, June 2010
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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James Wilson White (1839-1887) was an officer in the 1st South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States of America; and later a merchant and planter at Fort Mill, S.C. He married Emma Holt, daughter of Edwin Michael Holt (1807-1884), of Graham, N.C., in 1871.
Back to TopThe collection includes family correspondence and business papers, chiefly 1861-1882. The collection includes letters written by James Wilson White while an officer of the 1st South Carolina Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War; his bills, receipts, accounts, contracts, and business correspondence after the war as a merchant and planter in Fort Mill, S.C.; and letters received from his father-in-law, Edwin Michael Holt (1807-1884), North Carolina textile manufacturing pioneer, and other members of the Holt family. There are also letters, 1870-1872, before and after their marriage, between Emma Holt and James Wilson White; some legal and military papers; and photographs of various subjects.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1819-1869 |
Folder 2 |
1870-1873 |
Folder 3 |
1874-1886 |
Folder 4 |
Undated |
Folder 5 |
Bills and receipts |
Folder 6 |
Bills and receipts |
Folder 7 |
1813; 1854-1874 |
Folder 8 |
1869-1870 |
Folder 9 |
1871-1874 |
Image Folder PF-772/1 |
Photographs of various subjects |
Special Format Image SF-P-772/1 |
Daguerreotype, unidentified man |