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Size | 10 items |
Abstract | John Reid and his wife, Keziah Simpson Reid, lived in Caswell County, N.C. The collection contains five letters, January-May 1816, to John and Keziah Reid, from their son, John B. Reid, and two from Keziah Reid's brother, Richard Simpson, both in Madison County, Ky., about John B. Reid's studies and struggle with measles, from which he died; four letters, 1845 and 1847, from Richard Simpson in Jackson County, Mo., to his sister Keziah and her family about family and community activities; and one letter, 1929, from Meredith Nicholson of Indianapolis, author of a book on Andrew Jackson, inquiring as to whether John Reid was the aide to Jackson (he apparently was not). |
Creator | Reid, John, fl. 1816-1847. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
Updated by: Laura Hart, August 2021
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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John Reid and his wife, Keziah Simpson Reid, lived in Caswell County, N.C.
Back to TopThe collection contains five letters, January-May 1816, to John and Keziah Reid, from their son, John B. Reid, and two from Keziah Reid's brother, Richard Simpson, both in Madison County, Ky., about John B. Reid's studies and struggle with measles, from which he died; four letters, 1845 and 1847, from Richard Simpson in Jackson County, Mo., to his sister Keziah and her family about family and community activities; and one letter, 1929, from Meredith Nicholson of Indianapolis, author of a book on Andrew Jackson, inquiring as to whether John Reid was the aide to Jackson (he apparently was not).
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Papers, 1816-1929 |
Reel M-3882/1 |
Microfilm copy of collection, 1816-1929 |