John Grammar Brodnax papers Bulk, 1856-1919 1830-1929

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John Grammar Brodnax papers, Bulk, 1856-1919, 1830-1929

John Grammar Brodnax papers Bulk, 1856-1919 1830-1929

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Collection contains personal, professional and family correspondence of three generations of the Brodnax family, centering around John G. Brodnax. Pre-Civil War letters refer to the sale of slaves; wartime correspondence reflects the fear of the advancing Union forces. Postwar papers include Brodnax's appointment as assistant surgeon general of a North Carolina hospital at Petersburg, Va., overseeing the discharge of disabled Confederate soldiers, and his oath of allegiance to the United States. Also includes letters to his wife during her summer visits with relatives. Many papers concern Mrs. Brodnax's activities in the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy; others relate to attendance of family members at various North Carolina and Virginia schools and colleges. There are also letters from Germany and Europe in the 1870s and 1880s and Mexico in 1910.

2.0 linear feet; 4 boxes, 1,389 items.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library