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Size | 12 items |
Abstract | Members of the Pelham family of Alexandria, Ala., included William; his mother, Martha Montford McGehee Pelham (b. 1805) of Person County, N.C.; and his father, Atkinson Pelham (b. 1797), physician and cotton planter, who attended the University of North Carolina, circa 1820, and later settled in Alabama. William had many siblings, among them Peter (b. 1840), and Confederate hero Major John Pelham, "the gallant Pelham." The collection includes nine letters, 15 June 1856-31 March 1859, to William Pelham at school from his mother, and a few other items. Pelham's mother wrote chiefly of family and neighborhood sicknesses and deaths, about her garden, and about feeling deserted by her children. There is one letter, dated 24 May 1861, to William from his father, describing the destruction by hail of the corn and cotton crops and telling about local preparations for war. Also included are Atkinson Pelham's 1820 certificate of membership in the Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina and a typed transcription of an autobiographical fragment written by Peter Pelham. |
Creator | Pelham, William, 1836-1889. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, May 1991
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021
This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
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The collection includes nine letters, 15 June 1856-31 March 1859, to William Pelham at school from his mother, and a few other items. Pelham's mother wrote chiefly of family and neighborhood sicknesses and deaths, about her garden, and about feeling deserted by her children. There is one letter, dated 24 May 1861, to William from his father, describing the destruction by hail of the corn and cotton crops and telling about local preparations for war. Also included are Atkinson Pelham's 1820 certificate of membership in the Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina and a typed transcription of an autobiographical fragment written by Peter Pelham.
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Papers |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-2785/1 |
Atkinson Pelham certificate |