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Size | About 40 items |
Abstract | Fannie Page Hume (1838-1865) of "Selma," near Orange, Orange County, Va., was the daughter of David and Fannie (Dade) Hume. She spent her life in Orange County and Washington, D.C., marrying Colonel Carter M. Braxton in February 1865. The collection is typed transcriptions of Hume's diaries, 1860-1862, and newspaper clippings. Daily entries concern Hume's household and social life and include Civil War news from the front and reports of neighborhood activities. The 1862 volume was published in "The Orange Review" (Orange, Va.) in 1947 and 1948. |
Creator | Hume, Fannie Page, 1838-1865. |
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 Jordan, February 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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Fannie Page Hume (1838-1865) of "Selma," near Orange, Orange County, Va., was the daughter of David and Fannie (Dade) Hume. She spent her life in Orange County and Washington, D.C., marrying Colonel Carter M. Braxton in February 1865.
Back to TopThe collection is typed transcriptions of Hume's diaries, 1860-1862, and newspaper clippings. Daily entries concern Hume's household and social life and include Civil War news from the front and reports of neighborhood activities. The 1862 volume was published in "The Orange Review" (Orange, Va.) in 1947 and 1948; clippings are included. The typed transcription of the 1862 volume includes an exhaustive name index and notes identifying people and places.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Diary, 1860 |
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Folder 2 |
Diary, 1861 |
Folder 3 |
Diary, 1862 |
Folder 4 |
Newspapers, 1947-1948 |
Reel 1-2
Reel 1Reel 2 |
Diary, 1862 |