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Size | 48 items |
Abstract | Anna Maria Deans Garretson (fl. 1807-1829) was a resident of Gloucester county and Mathews county, Va. The collection is chiefly scattered personal letters to and from Anna Maria Deans Garretson exchanged with her friends and relatives. The letters concern health, housekeeping, visits and other activities. Those from Garretson to her husband, Isaac Garretson, who worked for the United States Navy in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., concern farm affairs in Gloucester County. The collection also includes one unrelated letter, 2 May 1893, addressed to the Reverend D. Watson Winn, of Brunswick, Ga., written by Aug. Soderholm, describing Alexandria, Egypt. |
Creator | Garretson, Anna Maria Deans, fl. 1807-1829. |
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, June 2010
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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Anna Maria Deans Garretson (fl. 1807-1829) was a resident of Gloucester and Mathews counties, Va. Her husband, Isaac Garretson, worked for the United States Navy in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly scattered personal letters to and from Anna Maria Deans Garretson exchanged with her friends and relatives. The letters concern health, housekeeping, visits and other activities. Those from Garretson to her husband, Isaac Garretson, concern farm affairs in Gloucester County, Va. The collection also includes one unrelated letter, 2 May 1893, addressed to the Reverend D. Watson Winn, of Brunswick, Ga., written by Aug. Soderholm, describing Alexandria, Egypt.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1807-1817 |
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Folder 2 |
Papers, 1823-1829 and 1893 |
Folder 3 |
Papers, undated |