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Frazer, E. W. E. W. Frazer letters, 1860-1879.

Title: E. W. Frazer letters, 1860-1879.

The relationship between the writers and recipients of these letters is not clear. Method of recording dates and the use of "thee" in the 6 earliest letters indicate that the correspondents were probably Quakers. Some were residents of either Guilford and Randolph counties in North Carolina. Others lived in Indiana or Illinois and had connections in North Carolina. Collection includes the following items: Letter (Dec. 14, 1860) from William and Hannah Cook in Charlottesville, Indiana to a cousin in N.C. expressing concern about the trouble between Northern and Southern states; letter (Jan. 25, 1862) from Private Jesse Loyd of Co. E, 2nd N.C. State Troops (the "Guilford Guards") to his brother; letter (Feb. 8, 1965) from E. W. Frazer of Bush Hill (originally a Quaker settlement and now the Archdale suburb of High Point, N.C.) to his brother Solomon, who was apparently serving in the Army against his will; letter (March 21, 1865) from E.W. Frazer to Solomon about the nearness of Sherman and the impressment of houses in High Point for use as hospitals; letter (March 27, 1865 from Hannah Frazer to her husband Solomon; love letter (June 25, 1865) from Wyett Spencer in Fairfount, Indiana to Emily R. Newlin of New Market in Randolph County, N.C.; letter (April 18, 1875) from Ephraim M. and Betttie Heath of Charleston, Illinois to family members regarding family matters and agricultural prices; and letter (Feb. 19, 1879) from J. L. Michaux of Greensboro, N.C., editor of the Central Protestant, to Reverend H. Lewallen of Asheboro, NC, regarding the finances of the newspaper. Michaux and Lewallen were members of the Methodist Protestant Church. This collection was formerly entitled the E. W. Frazier papers.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

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