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Size | 15 items |
Abstract | Theodore Davidson Morrison was an attorney of Asheville, N.C. Members of his extended family and ancestry include Theodore F. Davidson, William Mitchell Davidson, John Mitchell Davidson (born 1829), A. T. Davidson, and Hugh H. Davidson. The collection includes scattered papers of and about the Davidsons and other families of Buncombe County and Haywood County, N.C. Among other items are a narrative, written in 1898, by John Mitchell Davidson of the the years 1843-1847 during which his family emigrated from North Carolina to Texas by way of Illinois, describing in detail the journey and life and society in widely scattered areas of Texas; two letters, 1881, from Senator Zebulon B. Vance about the possibility of Prohibition and other political matters; and five letters (typed transcriptions), 1861-1865, from family members in Buncombe County to John Evans Brown in Australia and New Zealand where he apparently had gone seeking gold. The letters to John E. Brown are from his father, William John Brown, his brother, and his step-mother; they are extremely long, colorfully written discussions of family, community, and public life, including reflections on the sadness and difficulties brought on by the Civil War. |
Creator | Morrison, Theodore Davidson. |
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, October 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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Theodore Davidson Morrison was an attorney of Asheville, N.C. Members of his extended family and ancestry include Theodore F. Davidson, William Mitchell Davidson, John Mitchell Davidson (born 1829), A. T. Davidson, and Hugh H. Davidson.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered papers of and about the Davidsons and other families of Buncombe and Haywood counties, N.C. Among other items are a narrative, written in 1898, by John Mitchell Davidson of the the years 1843-1847 during which his family emigrated from North Carolina to Texas by way of Illinois, describing in detail the journey and life and society in widely scattered areas of Texas; two letters, 1881, from Senator Zebulon B. Vance about the possibility of Prohibition and other political matters; and five letters (typed transcriptions), 1861-1865, from family members in Buncombe County to John Evans Brown in Australia and New Zealand where he apparently had gone seeking gold. The letters to John E. Brown are from his father, William John Brown, his brother, and his step-mother; they are extremely long, colorfully written discussions of family, community, and public life, including reflections on the sadness and difficulties brought on by the Civil War.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1843-1865 |
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Folder 2 |
1881-1936 and undated |