G. W. F. Harper Papers, 1838-1921

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G. W. F. Harper Papers, 1838-1921

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George Washington Finley Harper (1834-1921) of Lenoir, N.C., was a merchant, Confederate officer, railroad builder, banker, and entrepreneur. The collection includes personal and business papers and diaries of G. W. F. Harper. Correspondence, much of it to and from his wife, Ella A. Rankin Harper, concerns politics, varied business and agricultural interests, and his Civil War career as an officer in the 58th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., serving in the Army of Tennessee. The collection also includes Harper's diaries from many of the years between 1846 and 1921; diaries of his sister-in-law, Emma L. Rankin, 1906-1908; and records of a Lenoir, N.C., literary society, 1873-1879.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6627015

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

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