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Size | 119 items |
Abstract | Hugh Craft (1800-1867) was a farmer and merchant of Holly Springs, Miss.; his first wife was Mary E. Pitts; his son was Henry (born 1823); and his daughter was Martha. Martha's husband was James Fort (1822-1878). Edward Alston Thorne (born 1828) served with Ransom's Brigade, Confederate States of America, in North Carolina and Virginia. The collection contains correspondence and other items of Hugh, Mary E. Pitts Craft, Henry Craft; and Martha and James Fort. There are also letters from Confederate soldier Edward Alston Thorne to his wife Alice about military movements and camp life. Many items are family letters, 1820-1826, 1840-1876, to Hugh or Mary Craft or to Martha Craft Fort discussing illnesses, trips, and various activities of family members in Holly Springs, Miss., Memphis, Tenn., and Clinton and other locations in Georgia. There also are letters from Henry Craft telling of his life as a student at Princeton, 1847-1848; a detailed diary kept by Henry at Princeton, 1848-1849, with his impressions of people and events and reflections on politics, love, philosophy, etc.; and a two-volume diary of Henry Craft, 1859-1860, 1863-1864, focusing chiefly on family life in Memphis. |
Creator | Craft (Family : Holly Springs, Miss.)
Fort (Family : Holly Springs, Miss.) Thorne (Family : Thorne, Edward Alston, 1828-1911) |
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
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, September 2010
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Hugh Craft (1800-1867) was a farmer and merchant of Holly Springs, Miss.; his first wife was Mary E. Pitts; his son was Henry (born 1823); and his daughter was Martha. Martha's husband was James Fort (1822-1878). Edward Alston Thorne (born 1828) served with Ransom's Brigade, Confederate States of America, in North Carolina and Virginia.
Back to TopThe collection contains correspondence and other items of Hugh, Mary E. Pitts Craft, Henry Craft; and Martha and James Fort. There are also letters from Confederate soldier Edward Alston Thorne to his wife Alice about military movements and camp life. Many items are family letters, 1820-1826, 1840-1876, to Hugh or Mary Craft or to Martha Craft Fort discussing illnesses, trips, and various activities of family members in Holly Springs, Miss., Memphis, Tenn., and Clinton and other locations in Georgia. There also are letters from Henry Craft telling of his life as a student at Princeton, 1847-1848; a detailed diary kept by Henry at Princeton, 1848-1849, with his impressions of people and events and reflections on politics, love, philosophy, etc.; and a two-volume diary of Henry Craft, 1859-1860, 1863-1864, focusing chiefly on family life in Memphis.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Volume 1: Address, 1850Address delivered by Henry Craft, 4 July 1850, at the Baptist Church for the Holly Springs Spouting Club, a literary association, and later published by request in the Gazette. |
Folder 2 |
Volume 2: Henry Craft diary, 25 February 1859-31 December 1860 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 3: Henry Craft diary, 8 April 1863-8 May 1864 |
Transcription Volume TV-1455/1 |
Typed transcriptions of volumes 2 and 3 |
Reel M-1455/1-3
M-1455/1M-1455/2M-1455/3 |
Correspondence and related material |