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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100 items) |
Abstract | Sarah Frances Hicks Williams (born 1827) was educated in Albany, N.Y. In 1853 she was married to Benjamin F. Williams, a North Carolina state legislator, railroad investor, and owner of turpentine properties, and thereafter resided in North Carolina and Georgia. The collection includes letters from Sarah Frances Hicks to her parents in New Hartford, N.Y., while she was a student in Albany, N.Y., visiting relatives in New York, Ohio, and New Hampshire, and after her marriage. Letters, 1853- 1856, were written from Clifton Grove, Greene County, N.C.; 1857-1860, from Burnt Fort, Charlton County, Ga.; and 1860-1868, from Sunny Side, Ware County, Ga. They contain detailed accounts of daily life as wife, mother, and northern member of a southern family. |
Creator | Williams, Sarah Frances Hicks, b. 1827. |
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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Sarah Frances Hicks Williams (b. 1827) was educated in Albany, N.Y. In 1853 she was married to Benjamin F. Williams, a North Carolina state legislator, railroad investor, and owner of turpentine properties, and thereafter resided in North Carolina and Georgia.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters from Sarah Frances Hicks to her parents in New Hartford, N.Y., while she was a student in Albany, N.Y.; visiting relatives in New York, Ohio, and New Hampshire; and after her marriage, in 1853, to Benjamin F. Williams, North Carolina state legislator, railroad investor, and owner of turpentine properties, in North Carolina and Georgia. Letters, 1853-1856, were written from Clifton Grove, Greene County, N.C.; 1857-1860, from Burnt Fort, Charlton County, Ga.; and 1860-1868, from Sunny Side, Ware County, Ga. They contain detailed accounts of daily life as wife, mother, and northern member of a southern family.
Letters pertaining to North Carolina were published as "Plantation Experiences of a New York Woman" in the North Carolina Historical Review (July and October, 1956).
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Introduction and typed copies |
Folder 2 |
1838-1845 |
Folder 3 |
1846-1851 |
Folder 4 |
1852-1853 |
Folder 5 |
1854-1855 |
Folder 6 |
1856-1868 |