Charles Smallwood Papers, 1853-1895

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Summary

Creator:
Smallwood, Charles, b. 1828.
Abstract:

Charles Smallwood of Woodville, Bertie County, N.C., was a planter and physician.

The collection includes a memoir of the town of Woodville, Bertie County, N.C., by Charles Smallwood. Recollections concern local families, an academy, hunting, and other matters, 1830s-1890s, with stories of Revolutionary and colonial incidents that the author gathered from tradition. Also included are three volumes: records of treatment of patients, 1853-1855; records of treatment of patients and general accounts, 1866-1895; and a general ledger listing dry goods purchased and other records, 1880-1881.

Extent:
4 items
Language:
Materials in English
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Background

Biographical / historical:

Charles Smallwood of Woodville, Bertie County, N.C., was a planter and physician.

Scope and content:

The collection includes a memoir of the town of Woodville, N.C., in Bertie County, N.C., by physician and planterCharles Smallwood. Recollections concern local families, an academy, hunting, and other matters, 1830s-1890s, with stories of Revolutionary War and colonial incidents that the author gathered from tradition. Also included are three volumes: records of treatment of patients, 1853-1855; records of treatment of patients and general accounts, 1866-1895; and a general ledger listing dry goods purchased and other records, 1880-1881.

Acquisition information:

Received before 1991 and from Margaret U. Griffin in February 1995 (Acc. 95058).

Processing information:

Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, April 1995

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, August 2006

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Charles Smallwood Papers #801-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu