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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Mary Garrett Harrison Papers, #3921, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy available.

Acquisitions Information

Received from John McGwigan of Enfield, N.C., February 1971 and 1976.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2009; Nancy Kaiser, December 2021

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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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Garrett, Charles W., fl. 1850-1879.
• Halifax County (N.C.)--History.
• Harrison, Henry Spooner, fl. 1866-1929.
• Harrison, Mary Garrett, d. 1937.
• Love-letters--19th century.
• Ringwood Wine Company (Halifax County, N.C.)
• Wine and wine making--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Wine industry--Southern States--History--19th century.

Mary Garrett Harrison (died 1937) of Halifax County, N.C., was the daughter of Charles W. Garrett (fl. 1850-1879), a vineyard owner and proprietor of the Ringwood Wine Company of Enfield, N.C. In 1879, she was married to Henry Spooner Harrison (fl. 1866-1929), a traveling salesman and collector for her father's wine business.

The collection includes scattered business papers, 1850-1879, of Charles W. Garrett, and personal and family correspondence, 1876-1913, of his daughter, Mary, and her husband, Henry Spooner Harrison. Included are letters, 1877-1878, from Garrett to Henry Harrison, a traveling sales agent for Garrett's company, about marketing wine in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and love-letters, 1877-1879, from Harrison to Mary Garrett. There are also some miscellaneous genealogical papers and correspondence related to the Garrett family.

Microfilm (M-3921/1)