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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 190 items) |
Abstract | Mary Ruffin Smith of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a benefactress of the University of North Carolina. The collection includes papers of Mary Ruffin Smith and other members of the Smith family of Orange County, N.C. Papers consist of scattered correspondence of Mary Ruffin Smith, chiefly in the 1880s, concerning her financial affairs, her loans and gift of land to the University of North Carolina, and social notes exchanged with other residents of Chapel Hill, N.C., including William Mercer Green, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Kemp P. Battle, and other members of the Battle family. Included also are deeds for military bounty lands in Illinois and lands in Orange county, Chatham county, and Randolph county, N.C.; records, 1838-1850, of Mary's brother, Dr. Francis J. Smith (1816-1877), a physician in Hillsborough, N.C., showing patients' medical treatment and charges; business letters, 1850-1854, to lawyers William Stedman and Sidney Smith of Pittsboro and Chapel Hill, N.C., from lawyers elsewhere concerning the collection of debts; and assorted other papers, including tenant farmers' accounts, 1870s-1890s, of Mary R. Smith and of W. C. Cole, who purchased the Smith lands after her death. |
Creator | Smith, Mary Ruffin, d. 1885. |
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, July 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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Mary Ruffin Smith (died 1885) of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a benefactress of the University of North Carolina; daughter of James S. Smith, a physician, state legislator, and United States congressman; and sister to James Sidney Smith (1819-1867) and Francis J. Smith (1816-1877), a physician of Hillsborough, N.C.
Back to TopThe collection includes the papers of Mary Ruffin Smith and other members of the Smith family of Orange County, N.C., especially her siblings, Sidney and Francis J. Smith. Papers consist of scattered correspondence of Mary Ruffin Smith, chiefly in the 1880s, concerning her financial affairs, her loans and gift of land to the University of North Carolina, and social notes exchanged with other residents of Chapel Hill, N.C., including William Mercer Green, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Kemp P. Battle, and other members of the Battle family. Included also are deeds for military bounty lands in Illinois and lands in Orange, Chatham, and Randolph counties, N.C.; records, 1838-1850, of Mary's brother, Dr. Francis J. Smith showing patients' medical treatment and charges; business letters, 1850-1854, to lawyers William Stedman and Sidney Smith of Pittsboro and Chapel Hill, N.C., from lawyers elsewhere concerning the collection of debts; and assorted other papers, including tenant farmers' accounts, 1870s-1890s, of Mary R. Smith and of W. C. Cole, who purchased the Smith lands after her death.
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Original finding aid |
Folder 1-5
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5 |
Correspondence and general papers, 1829-1904 and undated |
Folder 6-11
Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11 |
Deeds, 1750-1877 |
Oversize Volume SV-3879/1 |
Volume 1: Medical journal, Francis J. Smith, 1838-1842 |
Oversize Volume SV-3879/2 |
Volume 2: Medical journal, Francis J. Smith, 1845-1850 |
Oversize Volume SV-3879/3 |
Volume 3: Daybook, [Francis J. Smith?], 1854-1867 |
Folder 15-16
Folder 15Folder 16 |
Volume 4: Ledger, 1855, and enclosures |
Folder 17 |
Volume 5: Account book for loans, Sidney Smith, 1857-1865 |
Folder 18 |
Volume 6: Medical accounts, 1866-1875; Tenant farmers' accounts, 1875-1880 and 1888-1901 |
Oversize volumes (SV-3879/1-3).
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