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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items) |
Abstract | Alfred Chapman (1813-1876), native of Orange County, Va., was an official of the United States and Confederate war departments. The collection includes scattered family and professional papers, chiefly 1845-1869, of Alfred Chapman. Included are early papers of Chapman's ancestors in Orange County, Va.; payrolls of Virginia militia units during the Revolutionary War; family and business correspondence of Chapman at Staunton, Va.; about 40 letters from Chapman to his wife, Mary Edmunds Kinney Chapman, 1850-1852, while he was in Washington, D.C., working in the pension and Indian offices, about family matters, his work, and other topics. Among the letters is a brief recommendation letter, 23 June 1851, written by Daniel Webster on behalf of his former slave Paul Jennings, whom he had freed in 1847. Jennings had originally been owned by President James Madison. There are also very scattered papers pertaining to Chapman's appointment in the Confederate government and to its operations; and letters, 1876, to Mrs. Bedford Brown, Alexandria, Va., from her son. |
Creator | Chapman, Alfred, 1813-1876. |
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, July 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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Alfred Chapman (1813-1876), native of Orange County, Va., was an official of the United States and Confederate war departments. Before the Civil War, Chapman practiced law at Staunton, Va.; and was employed as a clerk in the United States Pension Bureau and the United States Office of Indian Affairs. In 1861 he began working for the government of the Confederate States of America.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered family and professional papers, chiefly 1845-1869, of Alfred Chapman. Included are early papers of Chapman's ancestors in Orange County, Va.; payrolls of Virginia militia units during the Revolutionary War; family and business correspondence of Chapman at Staunton, Va.; about 40 letters from Chapman to his wife, Mary Edmunds Kinney Chapman, 1850-1852, while he was in Washington, D.C., working in the pension and Indian offices, about family matters, his work, and other topics. Among the letters is a brief recommendation letter, 23 June 1851, written by Daniel Webster on behalf of his former slave Paul Jennings, whom he had freed in 1847. Jennings had originally been owned by President James Madison. There are also very scattered papers pertaining to Chapman's appointment in the Confederate government and its operations, and letters, 1876, to Mrs. Bedford Brown, Alexandria, Va., from her son.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1779-1823 |
Folder 2 |
1824-1850 |
Folder 3 |
1851Includes a brief recommendation letter (23 June 1851) written by Daniel Webster on behalf of Paul Jennings, his former slave. Jennings had been raised a slave under the ownership of President James Madison. He was later sold to Webster, from whom he purchased his freedom in 1847. |
Folder 4 |
1852 |
Folder 5 |
1853-1861 |
Folder 6 |
1862-1876 and undated |
Folder 7 |
Miscellaneous papers |