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Collection Number: 05343-z

Collection Title: Jane Evans Elliot Diaries, 1837-1882

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Size 4 items
Abstract Jane Evans Elliot was a diarist in Fayetteville, N.C., during the 19th century. Her husband was Alexander Elliot, a lumberman who served in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1824-1825, and the North Carolina Senate, 1826. He was a colonel in the militia and active in the Civil War. The collection consists of three diaries describing Elliot's daily life. The diaries record church attendance, religious reflections, and family matters and also include observations on the Presbyterian New School Controversy of 1837-1838 and the Civil War.
Creator Elliot, Jane Evans, 1820-1882.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Jane Evans Elliot Diaries #5343, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
The diaries were compiled by Jennie E. McNeil and privately printed as Diary of Mrs. Jane Evans Elliot, 1837-1882 in Raleigh, N.C., in 1908.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of the Presbyterian Historical Society of Montreat, N.C., in June 2007 (Acc. 100705) and received from Mary N. McCoy in February 2010 (Acc. 101252).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Processed by: Amanda T. Ross, September 2007

Encoded by: Amanda T. Ross, September 2007

Updated by: Amy Morgan and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2019

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Jane S. Evans was a diarist in Fayetteville, N.C., during the 19th century. Her husband was Alexander Elliot, a lumberman who served in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1824-1825, and the North Carolina Senate, 1826. He was a colonel in the militia and active in the Civil War.

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This collection consists of three diaries describing the daily life of Jane Evans Elliot of Fayetteville, N.C. The diaries record thoughts on church preachings, religious reflections, and family matters and also include observations on the Presbyterian New School Controversy of 1837-1838 and the Civil War.

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Contents list

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3 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 1

1837-1862

Folder 2

1863-1870

Folder 3

1872-1882

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Acquisitions Information: Accession 101252

Folder 4

The Diaries of Jane Smith Evans Elliot, 1837-1882

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