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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 30 items) |
Abstract | The collection contains an unpublished manuscript on the history of Reconstruction by David Miller Dewitt of Kingston, N.Y.; county maps of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida; and Dewitt's correspondence with H. G. Connor of Raleigh, N.C., in which Connor expressed his appreciation of Dewitt's work. |
Creator | Dewitt, David Miller, 1837-1912. |
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, October 2010
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The collection contains an unpublished manuscript on the history of Reconstruction by David Miller Dewitt of Kingston, N.Y.; county maps of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida; and Dewitt's correspondence with H. G. Connor of Raleigh, N.C., in which Connor expressed his appreciation of Dewitt's work.
Back to TopArrangement: by content.
Some manuscript chapters are accompanied by research notes and Reconstruction-era newspaper clippings.
Folder 1 |
Chapter 1: "The Reconstructed Union"Manuscript |
Folder 2 |
Chapter 2: "The Reconstructed Union Unreconstructed"Manuscript |
Folder 3 |
Chapter 3: "The Twenty-Second Joint Rule"Manuscript |
Folder 4 |
Chapter 4: "The Campaign"Manuscript |
Folder 5 |
Chapter 5: UntitledManuscript |
Folder 6 |
Chapters 1 and 2Typescripts |
Folder 7 |
Chapter 3: "The Main Reconstruction Act"Typescript |
Folder 8 |
Chapter 4: "First and Second Supplementary Acts"Typescript |
Folder 9 |
Chapter 5: "Attack on the Supreme Court. The Alabama Fiasco"Typescript |
Folder 10 |
Chapter 6: "Arkansas"Typescript |
Folder 11 |
Chapter 7: "The Omnibus Bill"Typescript |
Folder 12 |
Chapter 8: "The Fifteenth Amendment"Typescript |
Folder 13 |
Chapter 9: "Virginia"Typescript |
Folder 14 |
Chapter 10: "Mississippi and Texas"Typescript |
Folder 15 |
Chapter 11: "Georgia"Typescript |
Folder 16 |
Appendix of notes |
Folder 17 |
Correspondence, 1908-1909 |