Henry S. Clarke family papers
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- Title:
- Henry S. Clarke family papers
- Date:
- 1842 to 1888
- Creator:
- Clarke, Henry S. (Henry Selby), 1809-1869
- Description:
- Miscellaneous business and personal correspondence from the Henry Clark (or Clarke) family, including a description by John D. Clark of an 1842 trip to the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, particularly referencing Arkansas, and a pre-war letter from Jackson, Miss., which provides informationi on the family's living conditions in Mississippi. An undated letter written from Beaufort, N.C., during the Reconstruction period predicts gloomy prospects for the Southern economy, and accuses freedmen of being lazy and untrustworthy.
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- Subject:
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- Freed people -- Southern States
- Race relations -- 19th century
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Clarke, Henry S. (Henry Selby), 1809-1869
- Arkansas -- Description and travel -- 19th century
- Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel -- 19th century
- Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel -- 19th century
- Format:
- correspondence
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 28 items
- Digital Collection:
- Henry S. Clarke family papers
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE002779164
- Rights:
- Free Re-UsePublic Domain
- Identifier:
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- RL.30504
- 002779164
- duke:600881
- secst0505
- ark:/87924/r4jm2760k
- d3bcf5ed-7afa-41f1-b1df-e05e4ae3b167
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4jm2760k
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