Correspondence, 1823-1887

Folder Info

Title:
Correspondence, 1823-1887
Date:
1823 to 1887
Creator:
Harris, Henry St. George
Description:
Business and personal letters mentioning crops; commodity prices; salt works; land sales; social life and customs; schools and teachers; religion and preachers; national politics; personal debts; politics and government in Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas; marriage prospects for young ladies in San Francisco; an uprising of enslaved people; newspapers and gossip; life and hardships in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction; battles in Virginia; activities of enslaved persons during the war; and freedmen after the war. Writers include Cornelia Boaz; Richard C. Glenn; William E. Glenn; members of the Harris family; and Stanley Reynolds.
Subject:
Format:
correspondence
Language:
English
Digital Collection:
Henry St. George Harris papers, 1823-1887, bulk 1850-1879
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000857335
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • 000857335
  • cbmst077001
  • ark:/87924/r4736w66w
  • dde5ce26-4e36-4c5b-ac52-a2d49892e73b
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