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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 110 items) |
Abstract | Reverend George Badger Wetmore (1823-1888) ofWoodleaf, Rowan County, N.C. From 1855 to 1888, Wetmore was rector of St. Andrew's Church (Episcopal), located between Woodleaf and Cooleemee in Rowan County. He was also active in the temperance movement of the 1870s and 1880s, serving as president of the North Carolina state council of the Friends of Temperance in 1873 and 1874. Wetmore married Rosa Hall (d. 1884) and was related to Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), president of the University of North Carolina, 1876-1891. Wetmore was also related to Ann Troy Hall. Correspondence, financial and legal papers, clippings, and other material of the Reverend George Badger Wetmore, including materials relating to his service at St. Andrew's Church (Episcopal), 1855-1888 and his involvement in the temperance movement in the 1870s and 1880s. |
Creator | Wetmore, George Badger, 1823-1888. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, November 1987
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
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Reverend George Badger Wetmore (1823-1888) ofWoodleaf, Rowan County, N.C. From 1855 to 1888, Wetmore was rector of St. Andrew's Church (Episcopal), located between Woodleaf and Cooleemee in Rowan County. He was also active in the temperance movement of the 1870s and 1880s, serving as president of the North Carolina state council of the Friends of Temperance in 1873 and 1874. Wetmore married Rosa Hall (d. 1884) and was related to Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), president of the University of North Carolina, 1876-1891. Wetmore was also related to Ann Troy Hall.
Back to TopThis collection consists chiefly of letters to the Reverend George Badger Wetmore (17 February 1823 - 10 June 1888) of Woodleaf, Rowan County, North Carolina. From 1855 to 1888, Wetmore was rector of St. Andrew's Church (Episcopal), located between Woodleaf and Cooleemee in Rowan County. He was also active in the temperance movement of the 1870s and 1880s, serving as president of the North Carolina state council of the Friends of Temperance in 1873 and 1874.
Wetmore was married to Rosa Hall (d. 1884) and related to Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919), president of the University of North Carolina from 1876 to 1891. Letters from Battle appear on the following dates: 15 January 1876; 19 February 1876; 31 January 1880; 20 March 1882; 20 March 1884; and undated (1). Wetmore was also related to Ann Troy Hall.
In addition to the letters to Wetmore, the collection contains a small number of financial and legal papers, clippings chiefly relating to temperance, and several manuscript poems and other items that have been grouped together as other materials.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Correspondence 1851-1863 |
Folder 2 |
Correspondence 1870-1879 |
Folder 3 |
Correspondence 1880-1889 |
Folder 4 |
Correspondence 1892, undated |
Folder 5 |
Financial and Legal Papers |
Folder 6 |
Clippings |
Folder 7 |
Other Materials |