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Size | 3 items |
Abstract | Herndon Haralson was a native of North Carolina, Revolutionary War soldier, North Carolina legislator, merchant at Petersburg, Va., and settler in Tennessee. The collection contains a diary (122 pages) kept by Haralson, 1837-1847, while he was a planter in Haywood County, Tenn., and Tennessee state bank agent; a four-page autobiography; and a letter, August 1843, from son John to Haralson, discussing local news in Jackson [Tenn.?] and family affairs. The diary deals with weather, health, church and community events, elections, political rallies, and other matters, and is accompanied by a name index (on microfilm). |
Creator | Haralson, Herndon, 1757-1847. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2011
Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021
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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Herndon Haralson was a native of North Carolina, Revolutionary War soldier, North Carolina legislator, merchant at Petersburg, Va., and settler in Tennessee.
Back to TopThe collection contains a diary (122 pages) kept by Haralson, 1837-1847, while he was a planter in Haywood County, Tenn., and Tennessee state bank agent; a four-page autobiography; and a letter, August 1843, from son John to Haralson, discussing local news in Jackson [Tenn.?] and family affairs. The diary deals with weather, health, church and community events, elections, political rallies, and other matters, and is accompanied by a name index (on microfilm).
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Diary, 1837-1847 and letter, August 1843 |
Reel M-1928/1-2
M-1928/1M-1928/2 |
Index to names in diaryAccess restriction: The original paper index is not stored in Wilson Special Collections Library. |