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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 170 items) |
Abstract | William Henry Snow, originally from Vermont, went to Australia in the 1850s to oversee telegraph construction, served in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War, and was a pioneer in the wood products industry in High Point, N.C. The collection includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, and other items of members of the Snow family and Tomlinson family, primarily of Guilford County, N.C., and of David Jordan of Guilford County and Davidson County, N.C. Included are three letters, 1853, from William Henry Snow, one written in the Cape Verde Islands and two in Australia, discussing natural surroundings and the possibility of settling in Australia; six Civil War letters from Snow concerning his military experiences in the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; scattered Snow and Tomlinson family correspondence; miscellaneous business and legal papers, chiefly 1840-1865, of Josiah Tomlinson, Clarkson Tomlinson, William S. Tomlinson, and David Jordan, including a few items relating to Jordan's work as a teacher in common schools in Davidson County, and about forty items, 1856-1860, relating to a lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Randolph County, N.C. |
Creator | Snow, William Henry, 1825-1902. |
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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William Henry Snow (1825-1902), originally from Vermont, went to Australia in the 1850s to oversee telegraph construction, served in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War, and was a pioneer in the wood products industry in High Point, N.C.
Some members of the Tomlinson family of Guilford County, N.C., were Clarkson Tomlinson, postmaster at Bloomington, N.C.; Josiah Tomlinson; and William S. Tomlinson.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, and other items of members of the Snow and Tomlinson families chiefly of Guilford County, N.C., and of David Jordan of Guilford County and Davidson County, N.C. Included are three letters, 1853, from William Henry Snow, one written in the Cape Verde Islands and two in Australia, discussing natural surroundings and the possibility of settling in Australia; six Civil War letters from Snow concerning his military experiences in the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; scattered Snow and Tomlinson family correspondence; miscellaneous business and legal papers, chiefly 1840-1865, of Josiah Tomlinson, Clarkson Tomlinson, William S. Tomlinson, and David Jordan, including a few items relating to Jordan's work as a teacher in common schools in Davidson County, and about forty items, 1856-1860, relating to a lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Randolph County, N.C.
Back to TopThis series includes a typed biographical sketch of William Henry Snow; three letters, 1853, from Snow while in the Cape Verde Islands and Australia, discussing natural surroundings and the possibility of settling in Australia; and six Civil War letters written while he was serving in the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in Suffolk, Va., and New Bern, Plymouth, Morehead City, and Kinston, N.C. There are also scattered family communications and a few miscellaneous financial, legal, and genealogical items.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1853-1902, 1934 |
Chiefly miscellaneous business papers of several members of the Tomlinson family including Josiah, Allen, William, Enos, Clarkson, and William S. Tomlinson of Guilford County, N.C., and of partnerships and firms with which they were involved. Interfiled with the series are scattered papers, 1850-1884, of David Jordan, teacher in common schools in Davidson County, N.C., in the 1850s, employee of the North Carolina Railroad during the Civil War, and later justice of the peace in Guilford County, N.C. There is also a group of papers, 1856-1860, related to the Uarrie (or Uwharee) Lodge 58, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Randolph County, N.C., chiefly concerned with the erection of a building and issues of membership.
Folder 2 |
1831-1839 |
Folder 3 |
1846-1849 |
Folder 4 |
1850-1857 |
Folder 5 |
1858-1860 |
Folder 6 |
1861-1862 |
Folder 7 |
1863-1865 |
Folder 8 |
1866-1887 and undated |