Cornelius Dabney Diary, . 1863-1869

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Cornelius Dabney Diary, ., 1863-1869

Cornelius Dabney Diary, . 1863-1869

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Cornelius Dabney, University of Virginia student and school teacher, was the son of William Winton (b. 1816) and Martha Ann Bosher Dabney of Richmond, and later Enfield, King William County, Va. The collection is a diary kept by Dabney between 1863 and 1869, documenting a summer spent at home in 1863, his attendance at the University of Virginia in 1863 and 1864, the disruption of his life by the Civil War, and his attempts to support himself as a school teacher after the war. Dabney described farm work at home, including the production of wheat, and the family's social activities. At the University of Virginia, he wrote about his attendance at lectures, his studies of Latin and other subjects, and his professors, including Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1831-1924) and Maximilian Schele De Vere (1820-1898). He also wrote about participating in Baptist Church activities, including forming a young men's prayer meeting in Charlottesville, and the Albemarle Mutial Relief Association, which was formed to combat the high prices of goods during the war. A few diary entries relate to Dabney's teaching career in Virginia and Mississippi.

1 volume

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection