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Collection Number: 01004-z

Collection Title: Sarah Barnwell Elliott Letters, 1886-1896.

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Size 23 items
Abstract Sarah Barnwell Elliott, daughter of Charlotte Bull Barnwell and Stephen Elliott, was a novelist, playwright, and suffragist of Sewanee, Tenn. Twenty-one letters, 1886-1887, from Sarah Barnwell Elliott traveling in Europe, to her mother Charlotte Bull Barnwell Elliott, Sewanee, Tenn.; and two items relating to Elliott's brother-in-law, Bishop Francis Asbury Shoup (1834-1896). Elliott's letters give detailed descriptions of scenes and experiences in France, Italy, England, Egypt, the Suez Canal, and the Holy Land. The Shoup items are a handwritten article by him on the sacrament of confession and a tribute to him.
Creator Elliott, Sarah Barnwell, 1848-1928.
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 Sarah Barnwell Elliott Letters #1004-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. F. E. Shoup in 1945.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Sarah Barnwell Elliott, daughter of Charlotte Bull Barnwell and Stephen Elliott, was a novelist, playwright, and suffragist of Sewanee, Tenn.

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The collection is 21 letters, 1886-1887, from Sarah Barnwell Elliott traveling in Europe, to her mother Charlotte Bull Barnwell Elliott, Sewanee, Tenn.; and two items relating to Elliott's brother-in-law, Bishop Francis Asbury Shoup (1834-1896). Elliott's letters give detailed descriptions of scenes and experiences in France, Italy, England, Egypt, the Suez Canal, and the Holy Land. The Shoup items are a handwritten article by him on the sacrament of confession and a tribute to him.

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Folder 1-2

Folder 1

Folder 2

Letters

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