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Collection Number: 02565

Collection Title: Benbury and Haywood Family Papers, 1858-1899.

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Size .5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 140 items)
Abstract Family correspondence of Harriet Armistead Ryan Benbury (1833- 1877), later Harriet Armistead Ryan Benbury Carter, of Edenton, N.C., consisting chiefly of Civil War letters from her husband, John Avery Benbury (1827-1862), captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia, describing battles, casualties, changes of command, and camp conditions; and letters from relatives and friends. Also included is later correspondence of the Benburys' daughter, Emily Benbury (Mrs. Hubert) Haywood, about family history.
Creator Benbury (Family : Edenton, N.C.)



Haywood (Family : Haywood, Emily Benbury, 1861-1928)
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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 Benbury and Haywood Family Papers, #2565, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1955
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.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021

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Family correspondence of Harriet Armistead Ryan Benbury (1833- 1877), later Harriet Armistead Ryan Benbury Carter, of Edenton, N.C., consisting chiefly of Civil War letters from her husband, John Avery Benbury (1827-1862), captain in the 1st North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia, describing battles, casualties, changes of command, and camp conditions; and letters from relatives and friends. Also included is later correspondence of the Benburys' daughter, Emily Benbury (Mrs. Hubert) Haywood, about family history.

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Contents list

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Approximately 140 items.
Box 1

Folder 1-8

Folder 1

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

Folder 6

Folder 7

Folder 8

Family papers, 1858-1899

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