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Size | 45 items |
Abstract | The Wright family and Herring family were joined by the marriage of Bettie Herring, a school teacher of Mount Olive, N.C., to John C. Wright in 1867. The collection contains scattered family correspondence including letters received by Bettie Herring from Confederate soldiers, letters from relatives in Carroll County, Miss., and other places in the lower South, and letters concerning her school teaching. Letters from soldiers deal largely with courtship, but some deal with such military matters as camp life at Drewry's Bluff, Va., August 1863, and the sinking of the C.S.S. Albemarle, October-November 1864. Family letters deal chiefly with family events and community life. |
Creator | Herring (Family : Wright, Bettie Herring, 1843-1921)
Wright (Family : Wright, John C. (John Cromartie), 1832-1898) |
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, March 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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The Wright family and Herring family were joined by the marriage of Bettie Herring, a school teacher of Mount Olive, N.C., to John C. Wright in 1867.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered family correspondence including letters received by Bettie Herring Wright from Confederate soldiers, letters from relatives in Carroll County, Miss., and other places in the lower South, and letters concerning her school teaching. Letters from soldiers deal largely with courtship, but some deal with such military matters as camp life at Drewry's Bluff, Va., August 1863, and the sinking of the C.S.S. Albemarle, October-November 1864. Family letters deal chiefly with family events and community life. Some correspondents include Elizabeth W. Vaiden, W. A. Herring, Jesse Edmondson, John D. Davis, B. W. Herring, Mollie F. Herring, B. S. and Rosa Herring, and A. J. and Maggie Vidal.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1845-1865 |
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Folder 2 |
1866-1877 |
Folder 3 |
1878-1890 |