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Collection Number: 00777

Collection Title: Lewis Neale Whittle Papers, 1826-1919 (bulk 1834-1872).

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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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Size 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 800 items)
Abstract Lewis Neale Whittle was a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., who settled in Georgia in 1836 and eventually lived in Macon, Ga. Whittle started out as an engineer connected with railroad building, but turned to the practice of law; and served as a Confederate Army officer. The collection contains family and business letters, mainly 1834-1872, of Lewis Neale Whittle and his wife, Sarah (Powers) Whittle, and of Sarah's sister, Mary (Powers) Griffin, and her husband, Daniel Griffin (1807-1866), of Columbus, Ga. Griffin was associated with railroad building and other enterprises. Letters to the Whittles were written by family in Virginia and Georgia. Family members included planters, naval officers, and Episcopal clergy, namely Stephen Elliott (1806-1866), Alexander Gregg (1819-1893), and Bishop Francis M. Whittle (1823-1902), and these activities are reflected in the correspondence. Griffin family materials include letters, 1858-1859, to Richard Potter of Macon, Ga., whose connection is unclear. Potter was an Irish immigrant and the letters to him are from his family in Ireland. There are also letters from Daniel Griffin describing a steamboat trip, 1849, and while on an extended business trip to New York and the upper Midwest, 1857. Civil War materials include letters to Whittle concerning organizing and financing a Confederate regiment. Other family members served in the Confederate Army and wrote from various places in Virginia, Kentucky, and Georgia, and many letters were exchanged among the women of the family. Postwar letters are scattered in date and content.
Creator Whittle, Lewis Neale, fl. 1820-1880.
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.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
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 Lewis Neale Whittle Papers, #777, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received as gifts, 1939-1955
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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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, August 2010

Updated by: Laura Hart, June 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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Lewis Neale Whittle (fl. 1820-1880) was a native of Mecklenburg County, Va., who settled in Georgia in 1836 and eventually lived in Macon. Whittle started out as an engineer connected with railroad building, but turned to the practice of law; he served as a Confederate Army officer.

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The collection contains family and business letters, mainly 1834-1872, of Lewis Neale Whittle and his wife, Sarah (Powers) Whittle, and of Sarah's sister, Mary (Powers) Griffin, and her husband, Daniel Griffin (1807-1866), of Columbus, Ga. Griffin was associated with railroad building and other enterprises. Letters to the Whittles were written by family in Virginia and Georgia. Family members included planters, naval officers, and Episcopal clergy, namely Stephen Elliott (1806-1866), Alexander Gregg (1819-1893), and Bishop Francis M. Whittle (1823-1902), and these activities are reflected in the correspondence. Griffin family materials include letters, 1858-1859, to Richard Potter of Macon, Ga., whose connection is unclear. Potter was an Irish immigrant and the letters to him are from his family in Ireland. There are also letters from Daniel Griffin describing a steamboat trip, 1849, and while on an extended business trip to New York and the upper Midwest, 1857. Civil War materials include letters to Whittle concerning organizing and financing a Confederate regiment. Other family members served in the Confederate Army and wrote from various places in Virginia, Kentucky, and Georgia, and many letters were exchanged among the women of the family. Postwar letters are scattered in date and content.

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Contents list

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Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Folder 1-2

Folder 1

Folder 2

1826-1836

Folder 3-4

Folder 3

Folder 4

1837-1838

Folder 5-6

Folder 5

Folder 6

1839-1840

Folder 7-8

Folder 7

Folder 8

1841-1842

Folder 9-10

Folder 9

Folder 10

1843-1844

Folder 11-12

Folder 11

Folder 12

1845-1846

Folder 13-14

Folder 13

Folder 14

1847-1848

Folder 15-16

Folder 15

Folder 16

1849-1850

Folder 17-18

Folder 17

Folder 18

1851-1852

Folder 19-20

Folder 19

Folder 20

1853-1854

Folder 21-22

Folder 21

Folder 22

1855-1856

Folder 23-25

Folder 23

Folder 24

Folder 25

1857-1858

Folder 26

1859

Folder 27-28

Folder 27

Folder 28

1860-1861

Folder 29

1862-1863

Folder 30

1864-1867

Folder 31

1868-1869

Folder 32

1870-1872

Folder 33

1873-1879

Folder 34

1880-1919

Folder 35-39

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

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Image Folder PF-777/1

Images

Reel M-777/1-3

M-777/1

M-777/2

M-777/3

Microfilm copy of collection, 1826-1919

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