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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1200 items) |
Abstract | Charles Barrington Simrall (1843-1901) of Covington, Ky., was a lawyer for the Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway Company and was active in Democratic politics. Family correspondence, chiefly from Simrall to his wife, Isabella Downing Price Simrall (fl. 1863-1901). The bulk of the collection consists of his letters home on family, legal, and political subjects while he was traveling to Frankfort, Ky., New York City, Washington, D.C., and many other places on railroad business; and of letters received from Simrall, Downing, Price, and Corre relations who moved away from Kentucky and engaged in varied activities, including attendance at Daughter's College, Harrodsburg, Ky., 1854-1858, and at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., 1890-1893. Civil War correspondence reflects the life and opinions of Confederate sympathizers in Kentucky and includes letters from Simrall while he was imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, and from Canada and Germany after his release. Also included is correspondence of earlier members of the family in the 1850s, later members in the 20th century, and letters, 1876-1910, from a relative concerning his citrus farm and resort hotel at Ormond, Volusia County, Fla. |
Creator | Simrall, Charles Barrington, 1843-1901. |
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: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 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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Charles Barrington Simrall (1843-1901) of Covington, Ky., was a lawyer for the Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway Company and was active in Democratic politics.
Back to TopThe collection contains family correspondence, chiefly from Simrall to his wife, Isabella Downing Price Simrall (fl. 1863-1901). The bulk of the collection consists of his letters home on family, legal, and political subjects while he was traveling to Frankfort, Ky., New York City, Washington, D.C., and many other places on railroad business; and of letters received from Simrall, Downing, Price, and Corre relations who moved away from Kentucky and engaged in varied activities, including attendance at Daughter's College, Harrodsburg, Ky., 1854-1858, and at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., 1890-1893. Civil War correspondence reflects the life and opinions of Confederate sympathizers in Kentucky and includes letters from Simrall while he was imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, and from Canada and Germany after his release. Also included is correspondence of earlier members of the family in the 1850s, later members in the 20th century, and letters, 1876-1910, from a relative concerning his citrus farm and resort hotel at Ormond, Volusia County, Fla.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1853-1859 |
Folder 2 |
1860 |
Folder 3 |
1861 |
Folder 4 |
1862-1863 |
Folder 5 |
January-May 1864 |
Folder 6 |
June 1864 |
Folder 7 |
July-October 1864 |
Folder 8 |
November-December 1864 |
Folder 9 |
1865 |
Folder 10 |
1866-1867 |
Folder 11 |
1868-1869 |
Folder 12 |
1870-1871 |
Folder 13 |
1872-1875 |
Folder 14 |
1876 |
Folder 15 |
1877 |
Folder 16 |
1878-1879 |
Folder 17 |
1880-1881 |
Folder 18 |
1882-1883 |
Folder 19 |
1884 |
Folder 20 |
1885-1886 |
Folder 21 |
1887 |
Folder 22 |
1888-1889 |
Folder 23 |
1890-189 |
Folder 24 |
1892 |
Folder 25 |
1893-1897 |
Folder 26 |
January-May 1899 |
Folder 27 |
September 1899-1900 |
Folder 28 |
January-25 September 1901 |
Folder 29 |
26 September-December 1901 |
Folder 30 |
1902-1911 |
Folder 31 |
1923 |
Folder 32 |
January-June 1924 |
Folder 33 |
July-August 1924; 1936 |
Folder 34 |
UndatedIncludes letters from Josephine Downing Price to her daughter Isabella Downing Price and others. |
Folder 35 |
UndatedIncludes letters from female relatives and friends of Josephine Downing Price and Isabella Downing Price Simrall. |
Folder 36 |
UndatedIncludes letters from John Z. Price, Marcus Edwin Price, Joseph Downing Price, Mabel Price, Mary Brand Price, and Isabella Downing Price Simrall. |
Folder 37 |
UndatedIncludes letters from Isabella Downing Price Simrall to Charles Barrington Simrall. |
Folder 38 |
UndatedIncludes letters from Charles Barrington Price to Isabella Downing Price Simrall. |
Folder 39 |
UndatedIncludes letters from Isabella Downing Price Simrall to her children. |
Folder 40 |
UndatedIncludes letters from the children of Isabella Downing Price Simrall and Charles Barrington Simrall. |
Folder 41 |
Writings and trivia, undated |