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Size | About 25 items |
Abstract | Elizabeth Pendleton Coles was the daughter of Edmund Pendleton (1823-1899), member of the first graduating class at the Virginia Military Institute, 1842; lawyer in Botetourt County, Va., Cincinnati, Ohio, and New Orleans, La., before the Civil War; colonel of the 15th Louisiana Regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia; lawyer in Buchanan, Va., and Lexington, Va., after the war; and member of the Virginia state legislature, 1869. She was the second wife of Walter Coles, whom she married in 1872. Their son, Edmund Pendleton Coles, was born in 1873. The collection consists of letters to Elizabeth Pendleton Coles from her father, Edmund Pendleton (1823-1899), when he was a Confederate officer in Virginia and a lawyer at Buchanan, Va., noting his military activities and giving her advice about her education when she was a student, apparently at Salem Female Academy in Salem, N.C.; a letter, 1791, to Harry Innes (1752-1816), member of the first Kentucky constitutional convention, from Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803), Virginia Revolutionary leader and jurist, discussing the organization of the government of Virginia; a manuscript draft of a statement (2 pages) by General Robert E. Lee, 1869, to officials and citizens of Baltimore, Md., endorsing the project of a Shenandoah Valley Railroad; an album of pictures of Pendleton family members and house interiors; pages with family data from bibles of members of the family of Walter Coles (1772-1854) of Albemarle County, Va.; and other items. |
Creator | Coles, Elizabeth Pendleton. |
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; Dawne Howard Lucas, December 2021
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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Elizabeth Pendleton Coles was the daughter of Edmund Pendleton (1823-1899), member of the first graduating class at the Virginia Military Institute, 1842; lawyer in Botetourt County, Va., Cincinnati, Ohio, and New Orleans, La., before the Civil War; colonel of the 15th Louisiana Regiment in the Army of Northern Virginia; lawyer in Buchanan and Lexington, Va., after the war; and member of the Virginia state legislature, 1869. She was the second wife of Walter Coles, whom she married in 1872. Their son, Edmund Pendleton Coles, was born in 1873.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters to Elizabeth Pendleton Coles from her father, Edmund Pendleton (1823-1899), when he was a Confederate officer in Virginia and a lawyer at Buchanan, Va., noting his military activities and giving her advice about her education when she was a student, apparently at Salem Female Academy in Salem, N.C.; a letter, 1791, to Harry Innes (1752-1816), member of the first Kentucky constitutional convention, from Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803), Virginia Revolutionary leader and jurist, discussing the organization of the government of Virginia; a manuscript draft of a statement (2 pages) by General Robert E. Lee, 1869, to officials and citizens of Baltimore, Md., endorsing the project of a Shenandoah Valley Railroad; an album of pictures of Pendleton family members and house interiors; pages with family data from Bibles of members of the family of Walter Coles (1772-1854) of Albemarle County, Va.; and other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Papers (original collection finding aid included) |
Separated Folder SEP-3325/1 |
Manuscript draft of a statement by General Robert E. Lee, to officials and citizens of Baltimore, Md., endorsing the project of a Shenandoah Valley Railroad, 1869Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
Image Folder PF-3325/1-2
PF-3325/1PF-3325/2 |
Photographs of Pendleton family members and house interiors |
Special Format Image SF-P-3325/1 |
Daguerreotype and ambrotype photographs |