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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.
Size | About 33 items |
Abstract | The collection chiefly contains papers of James Heyward North (1815-1893) of Charleston, S.C., United States and Confederate naval officer, and purchasing agent for the Confederate Navy in Europe. He and his wife, Emily, wrote from sea, from England and France in 1861-1866, and from their farm, to his sisters and his daughter Eliza Drayton (Mrs. Alfred) Chisolm in South Carolina. The letters concern family matters and their travels. Also letters of Alfred and John Chisolm while serving in the Confederate Army with the Marion Artillery and Boykin's Rangers in Virginia, on the coast of South Carolina, and in North Carolina, to their mother, Jane Chisolm (Mrs. William C.) Bee. |
Creator | Chisolm (Family : Bee, Jane Chisolm, 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: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2011; Nancy Kaiser, 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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The collection chiefly contains papers of James Heyward North (1815-1893) of Charleston, S.C., United States and Confederate naval officer, and purchasing agent for the Confederate Navy in Europe. He and his wife, Emily, wrote from sea, from England and France in 1861-1866, and from their farm, to his sisters and his daughter Eliza Drayton (Mrs. Alfred) Chisolm in South Carolina. The letters concern family matters and their travels. Also letters of Alfred and John Chisolm while serving in the Confederate Army with the Marion Artillery and Boykin's Rangers in Virginia, on the coast of South Carolina, and in North Carolina, to their mother, Jane Chisolm (Mrs. William C.) Bee.
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1849-1863 |
Folder 2 |
1864-1866; 1940 |
Reel M-2016/1 |
Microfilm |
Microfilm (M-2016/1)
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