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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 550 items) |
Abstract | The McGee family of North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York included Thaddeus McGee, his wife Sallie McGee, and their children William McGee and Harriet McGee. Harriet married Welford C. Reed of South Boston, Va. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence of members of the McGee family of North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York. Also included are materials of the Dean, Jones, and Reed families. Early materials, 1852-1859, include letters from H. J. Dean in Columbia, S.C., to his wife Mary Owen Dean, concerning his work as a legislative clerk and news of family and events at home in Spartanburg, S.C. Beginning in 1854, there are materials relating to McGee & Williams, merchants in Raleigh, N.C. Beginning in 1855, many letters are from Thaddeus McGee in Raleigh or traveling on business to his wife Sallie in Halifax, Va. During the Civil War, many items relate to the difficulties McGee & Williams experienced as they tried to locate goods to sell. Beginning in 1866, there are family letters to Sallie and Thaddeus, now both in Raleigh, from various relatives in Virginia, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, N.Y. Some letters relate to their children--William, who occasionally wrote home about his activities in New York, and Harriet, who, in the early 1880s, attended Greensboro Female College, from which she wrote frequent letters to Sallie, occasionally mentioning her school activities. Love letters, 1883-1885, document the courtship of Harriet and Welford C. Reed of South Boston, Va. Materials in 1885 are chiefly love letters of the couple, who apparently married that year. |
Creator | McGee (Family : McGee, Thaddeus, 1827-1874) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom and Janna Sayle, January 1995
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2005
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid and microfilming of this collection.
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The McGee family of North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York included Thaddeus McGee, his wife Sallie McGee, and their children William McGee and Harriet McGee ("Hattie"). Thaddeus McGee and Alfred Williams, of McGee & Williams, were general merchants in Raleigh, N.C. William was a lawyer in Raleigh, N.C. Hattie attended Greensboro Female College and later married Welford C. Reed of South Boston, Va.
The Dean family of South Carolina included H. J. Dean, a legislative clerk, and his wife Mary Owen Dean.
Back to TopChiefly correspondence of members of the McGee family of North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York. Also included are materials of the Dean, Jones and Reed families.
Early materials, 1852-1859, include letters from H. J. Dean in Columbia, S.C., to his wife Mary Owen Dean, concerning his work as a legislative clerk and news of family and events at home in Spartanburg, S.C. Also included are drafts of the McGee & Williams firm to various individuals and companies. Thaddeus McGee and Alfred Williams were general merchants in Raleigh, N.C. Beginning in 1855, many letters are from Thaddeus McGee in Raleigh or traveling on business to his wife Sallie McGee, who seems to have lived with family members in Halifax, Va.
In 1860, Williams wrote to his partner about rumors of war that he heard on a business trip, and, from 1861 through the end of the war, there are many items relating to the difficulties McGee & Williams experienced as they tried to locate goods to sell, especially oil and tobacco.
Also during the Civil War, there are letters between Sallie, still in Halifax, and Thaddeus McGee in Raleigh and a few from other relatives, especially Lucy Jones in Goldsboro, N.C., to the McGees. These letters are chiefly about family matters.
Beginning in 1866, there are family letters to Sallie and Thaddeus, now both in Raleigh, from various relatives in Virginia, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, N.Y., especially Adriana (perhaps Sallie's sister) in Halifax, who faced great economic difficulties after the war, and Sallie's cousin Catherine Nelson in Newark, N.J.
Materials, 1870-1876, chiefly relate to Sallie and Thaddeus and their children William McGee, who occasionally wrote home about his activities in New York, and Harriet McGee ("Hattie"), who attended school in Brooklyn and frequently visited her New Jersey relatives.
The remaining materials relate especially to Hattie, who, in the early 1880s, attended Greensboro Female College, from which she wrote frequent letters to Sallie, occasionally mentioning her school activities. In 1883, Hattie was courted by Welford C. Reed of South Boston, Va., a partner in Carrington, Reed & Company, manufacturers of twist, fancy, and plug tobaccos. Materials in 1885 are chiefly love letters of the couple, who apparently married that year.
Letters in the late 1880s and 1890s show that William McGee had become a lawyer in Raleigh and that Hattie and her family were residents of Oxford, N.C. Materials, 1909-1913, are chiefly about Hattie's stock and other financial deals; 1935 materials are Christmas cards to Hattie from relatives and friends.
Undated items include letters from Adriana to Sallie and Thaddeus and a few letters from Hattie to Sallie.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
1852-1853 |
Folder 2 |
1854 |
Folder 3 |
1855-1856 |
Folder 4 |
1857-1859 |
Folder 5 |
1860-1861 |
Folder 6 |
1862-1864 |
Folder 7 |
1866-1869 |
Folder 8 |
1870-1876 |
Folder 9 |
1877: January-August |
Folder 10 |
1877: September-December |
Folder 11 |
1878: January-March |
Folder 12 |
1878: April-August |
Folder 13 |
1878: September-December |
Folder 14 |
1879 |
Folder 15 |
1880 |
Folder 16 |
1881-1882 |
Folder 17 |
1883 |
Folder 18 |
1884 |
Folder 19 |
1885: February-March |
Folder 20 |
1885: April |
Folder 21 |
1885: June-October |
Folder 22 |
1886-1889 |
Folder 23 |
1890-1891 |
Folder 24 |
1893 |
Folder 25 |
1894, 1897 |
Folder 26 |
1900-1904 |
Folder 27 |
1905-1907 |
Folder 28 |
1909-1914 |
Folder 29 |
1935 |
Folder 30-31
Folder 30Folder 31 |
Undated |