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Size | 13 items |
Abstract | James Dawkins (fl. 1837-1843) was a cotton planter of Wilkinsville, Union District, S.C. The collection includes photocopies of letters and miscellaneous items, 1837-1843, of Dawkins; earlier family deeds; and a partially legible, slight diary and memorandum book of Thomas E. Dawkins, a Confederate soldier in Virginia, 1861-1862. Included are a letter from a relative in Texas and one from Dawkins's brother in Mississippi about life in those places and letters from commission merchants in Columbia and Charleston, S.C., about sales of cotton. |
Creator | Dawkins, James, fl. 1837-1843. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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James Dawkins (fl. 1837-1843) was a cotton planter of Wilkinsville, Union District, S.C.
Back to TopThe collection includes photocopies of letters and miscellaneous items, 1837-1843, of James Dawkins; earlier family deeds; and a partially legible, slight diary and memorandum book of Thomas E. Dawkins, a Confederate soldier in Virginia, 1861-1862. Included are a letter from a relative in Texas and one from Dawkins's brother in Mississippi about life in those places and letters from commission merchants in Columbia and Charleston, S.C., about sales of cotton.
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Papers, 1785-1843 and 1861-1862 |