Larkin Newby Papers, . 1796-1884

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Larkin Newby Papers, . 1796-1884

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Larkin Newby (1781-1824) was a merchant and state legislator of Fayetteville, N.C. The collection is chiefly personal letters received by Newby from friends and relatives, some of whom were also merchants, discussing business, personal matters, and public affairs. Most correspondents were in Georgia, particularly Vienna, and other places in the South, but some were Newby's wife's relatives in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, among them her grandfather, Benjamin West (1730-1813), Revolutionary leader and astronomer, chiefly concerning family affairs. Also included are miscellaneous business papers; Newby's autobiography (3 pages) up to 1793; a religious notebook, 1816; a diary by Newby of a sojourn at various Virginia springs, 1823; anonymous reminiscences of school days in Fayetteville in the 1820s and 1830s; and family letters of Newby's children.

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

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

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Newby, Larkin, 1781-1824.

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Larkin Newby (1781-1824) was a merchant and state legislator of Fayetteville, N.C. In 1806 he married Cecilia Pearce, daughter of Mary West and Oliver Pearce, granddaughter of Revolutionary leader and astronomer Benjamin West (1730-1813). They had four children: Blakely, Mary (born 1819), Thompson, and George Clinton (born 1822) Newby. From the guide to the Larkin Newby Papers, ., 1796-1884, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...