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Collection Number: 05717

Collection Title: Elizabeth Blount Warren Correspondence, 1875-1903

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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
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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 Elizabeth Blount Warren Papers #05717, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Emily McNair and Adrienne Northington in December 2016 (Acc. 103030).
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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.

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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.

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Contents list

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Elizabeth Blount Warren Letters, 1875-1903.

About 75 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 1

Carte de visite of unidentified woman, 9 October 1875

Possibly a photograph of Elizabeth Blount Warren made for John M. Ziegle.

D. Hinkle, photographer, Germantown, Pa.
Folder 2-5

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

1875-1877

Letters from John M. Ziegle; includes one letter from Elizabeth Blount Warren.
Folder 6

1876-1877

Letters from Fred H. Lefaver.
Folder 7-9

Folder 7

Folder 8

Folder 9

1878-1882

Letters from Charles Frederick Warren.
Folder 10

1882-1903

Chiefly letters relating to Charles Frederick Warren's legal practice; includes a poem, dated 4 September 1903, by Charles Frederick Warren, "To Pauline."

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