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Size | 17 items |
Abstract | Mark De Wolf Stevenson (1845-1910) was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1862-1863 and 1866-1867, and later became a merchant, teacher, and lawyer of New Bern, N.C. The collection consists of sixteen letters, 1864, from Mark De Wolf Stevenson to his family in North Carolina while he was in the federal prison at Point Lookout, Md., during the Civil War; and a letter, 1907, to his son, William H. Stevenson of New Bern, describing his experiences running the blockade from Wilmington, N.C., to Bermuda. |
Creator | Stevenson, Mark De Wolf, 1845-1910. |
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, January 2009
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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Mark De Wolf Stevenson (1845-1910) was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1862-1863 and 1866-1867, and later became a merchant, teacher, and lawyer of New Bern, N.C. Stevenson was imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md., during the Civil War.
Back to TopSixteen letters, 1864, from Mark De Wolf Stevenson to his family in North Carolina, while he was in the federal prison at Point Lookout, Md., during the Civil War. There is also a letter, 1907, to his son, William H. Stevenson of New Bern, N.C., describing his experiences running the blockade from Wilmington, N.C., to Bermuda.
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Letters |