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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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| Size | 6.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3,600 items) |
| Abstract | Edward Jones (1762-1841) of Wilmington and Fayetteville, N.C., native of Ireland, was a merchant, lawyer, and solicitor-general of North Carolina. His son-in-law, John Dick Eccles (died 1856), was also of Fayetteville. The collection includes correspondence and other papers of Edward Jones and of his son-in-law, John Dick Eccles. Included are a series of letters written from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in 1843, describing medical treatment and the declining health of Edward J. Eccles (died circa 1843); and a letter, 18 November 1847, describing a visit to the Peale home in Philadelphia, Pa. Also included is correspondence of members of the McLaurin, Hooper, DeBerniere, Holmes, and other families of Cumberland, New Hanover, Chatham, and Sampson counties, N.C., Carroll County, Miss., New Orleans, La., and other places. Edward Jones's correspondence, beginning in the 1780s, includes letters from his friend Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Philadelphia lawyer and author, and from several North Carolina Federalist leaders concerning state and national politics. Also included in the collection are two other series of letters, one from the Holmes family (copies only) of Fayetteville and Wilmington, N.C., and Carroll County, Miss., the majority of which were written by women during the antebellum period, discussing Holmes and Blankes family life, economic conditions, and the splintering of the family; and the other of the Parsley family of Wilmington. Also included are transcript copies and extensive notes on these letters and on family history by Catherine Holmes (Jones) Pierce of Durham, N.C. |
| Creator | Eccles (Family : Fayetteville, N.C.)
Holmes (Family : Fayetteville, N.C.) Parsley (Family : Wilmington, N.C.) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
Edward Jones (1762-1841) of Wilmington and Fayetteville, N.C., native of Ireland, was a merchant, lawyer, and solicitor-general of North Carolina. His son-in-law, John Dick Eccles (died 1856), was also of Fayetteville.
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The collection includes correspondence and other papers of Edward Jones (1762-1841) of Wilmington and Fayetteville, N.C., native of Ireland, merchant, lawyer, and solicitor-general of North Carolina; and of his son-in-law, John Dick Eccles (died 1856), also of Fayetteville. Included are a series of letters written from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in 1843, describing medical treatment and the declining health of Edward J. Eccles (died circa 1843); and a letter, 18 November 1847, describing a visit to the Peale home in Philadelphia. Also included is correspondence of members of the McLaurin, Hooper, DeBerniere, Holmes, and other families of Cumberland, New Hanover, Chatham, and Sampson counties, N.C., Carroll County, Miss., New Orleans, La., and other places. Edward Jones's correspondence, beginning in the 1780s, includes letters from his friend Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Philadelphia lawyer and author, and from several North Carolina Federalist leaders concerning state and national politics. Also included in the collection are two other series of letters, one from the Holmes family (copies only) of Fayetteville and Wilmington, N.C., and Carroll County, Miss., the majority of which were written by women during the antebellum period, discussing Holmes and Blankes family life, economic conditions, and the splintering of the family; and the other of the Parsley family of Wilmington. Also included are transcript copies and extensive notes on these letters and on family history by Catherine Holmes (Jones) Pierce of Durham, N.C.
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Series 1. Eccles-Jones Family Letters, 1783-1940 and undated.
Family letters, wills, and land deeds of the John D. Eccles family, beginning with the papers of Edward Jones (1762-1841) of Chatham County, N.C., father of Elizabeth Pollock Jones Eccles, and terminating with letters of the grandchildren of John D. Eccles.
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Series 2. Holmes Family Letters, 1832-1903.
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Series 3. Parsley Family Letters, 1870-1947.
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Series 4. Genealogical Materials
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
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Items Separated
Oversize papers (OPF-3504/1).
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2009; Nancy Kaiser, 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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