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Size | 17 items |
Abstract | Joseph E. Kimmins was a farmer of Bedford County, Tenn. The collection is chiefly letters written before and after the Civil War to Kimmins from relatives in Izard County, Ark. The letters are about personal news and health, family business, property, weather and crops, with occasional comments on politics. Also included are two letters, 1860 and 1861, to Kimmins from E. D. Tarpley, in Lockart, Tex., and travel passes and a pay order for Lieutenant J. E. Kimmins of the 24th Tennessee Regiment, Confederate States of America. |
Creator | Kimmins, Joseph E. |
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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Joseph E. Kimmins was a farmer of Bedford County, Tenn.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly letters written before and after the Civil War to Joseph E. Kimmins from relatives in Izard County, Ark. The letters are about personal news and health, family business, property, weather and crops, with occasional comments on politics. Also included are two letters, 1860 and 1861, to Kimmins from E. D. Tarpley, in Lockart, Tex., and travel passes and a pay order for Lieutenant J. E. Kimmins of the 24th Tennessee Regiment, Confederate States of America.
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