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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 75 items) |
Abstract | Elizabeth Blount Warren, of Washington, N.C., received letters from suitors John M. Ziegle and Fred H. Lefaver, and later her husband, Charles Frederick Warren. Ziegle sent letters from east coast ports while serving on the Bache, a steamer of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Lefaver sent letters while serving on the Arago. Warren, a lawyer, wrote letters to his wife while she was in Baltimore, Md., to receive treatment for an undisclosed postpartum condition. His letters carried news of home and his legal practice. There are a few other letters relating to Charles Frederick Warren's legal practice and a carte de visite, possibly of Elizabeth Blount Warren. |
Creator | Warren, Elizabeth Blount (1858-1931) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Amy Morgan and Nancy Kaiser, February 2017
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2017
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Elizabeth Mutter Blount (1858-1931) of Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., married Charles Frederick Warren (1852-1904) in 1879 and with him had two sons, Frederick B. Warren and Lindsay C. Warren, and two daughters, Elizabeth Blount Warren and Isabel Blount Warren. She was the daughter of John Gray Blount III and Elizabeth Watkins Perry Blount. She had at least two suitors before marrying: John M. Ziegle and Fred H. Lefaver.
Back to TopElizabeth Blount Warren, of Washington, N.C., received letters from suitors John M. Ziegle and Fred H. Lefaver, and later her husband, Charles Frederick Warren. Ziegle sent letters from east coast ports while serving on the Bache, a steamer of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Lefaver sent letters while serving on the Arago. Warren, a lawyer, wrote letters to his wife while she was in Baltimore, Md., to receive treatment for an undisclosed postpartum condition. His letters carried news of home and his legal practice. There are a few other letters relating to Charles Frederick Warren's legal practice and a carte de visite, possibly of Elizabeth Blount Warren.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
Carte de visite of unidentified woman, 9 October 1875Possibly a photograph of Elizabeth Blount Warren made for John M. Ziegle. D. Hinkle, photographer, Germantown, Pa. |
Folder 2-5
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5 |
1875-1877Letters from John M. Ziegle; includes one letter from Elizabeth Blount Warren. |
Folder 6 |
1876-1877Letters from Fred H. Lefaver. |
Folder 7-9
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1878-1882Letters from Charles Frederick Warren. |
Folder 10 |
1882-1903Chiefly letters relating to Charles Frederick Warren's legal practice; includes a poem, dated 4 September 1903, by Charles Frederick Warren, "To Pauline." |