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Size | 9 items |
Abstract | Daniel Allen Penick (1797-1870) of North Carolina was a Presbyterian minister. The collection contains the papers of Penick, including a play, "The Broke Merchant, "written by him as a student at Hampden-Sydney College, Va., 1821; part of his diary, 1821-1822, of an ocean trip from Virginia to New York City and then to Princeton Theological Seminary; and the diary, 1824, of Agnes Tinsley (later Penick's wife) on a trip from Virginia to New York and back and a stay in New York. Letters, 1854-1857, are from Penick to Drury Lacy (1802-1884) about Lacy's becoming president of Davidson College. |
Creator | Penick, Daniel Allen, 1797-1870. |
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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Daniel Allen Penick (1797-1870) of North Carolina was a Presbyterian minister. He studied at Hampden-Sydney College, Va., and Princeton Theological Seminary. He later married Agnes A. Tinsley of Virginia.
Back to TopThe collection contains the papers of Daniel Allen Penick, including a play, "The Broke Merchant," written by him as a student at Hampden-Sydney College, Va., 1821; part of his diary, 1821-1822, of an ocean trip from Virginia to New York City and then to Princeton Theological Seminary; and the diary, 1824, of Agnes Tinsley on a trip from Virginia to New York and back and a stay in New York. Letters, 1854-1857, are from Penick to Drury Lacy (1802-1884) about Lacy's becoming president of Davidson College.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Letters, 1854-1857 |
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Folder 2 |
Agnes Tinsley diary, 1824 |
Folder 3 |
"The Broken Merchant," 1821 |
Folder 4 |
Daniel Allen Penick diary, 1821-1822 |