Family papers, 1386-1963 (bulk 1859-1950).

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Family papers, 1386-1963 (bulk 1859-1950).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122600913

The collection contains the papers of Francis Warrington Dawson, who was born Austin John Reeks; his wife, Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan Dawson; and their son, Francis Warrington Dawson II, better known as Warrington Dawson. The papers are primarily literary in character, with many editorials, newspaper writings, short stories, novels, articles, and scrapbooks, diaries, and reminiscences, but also many letters. Francis's papers are primarily autobiographical with information about his Civil War service, travels, courtship, and career. Also present are Morgan family papers describing social life in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., in the second half of the 19th century, especially during Reconstruction. Warrington Dawson materials document his work with the American Embassy in Paris and describes French life and politics. Also present is material from his work as director of French Research for Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., including copies (made from the originals at Colonial Williamsburg) of original documents pertaining to French participation in the American Revolution. Also included are copies of 18th century maps of North America, Williamsburg, Va. and positions of the French and American armies in New York and Virginia during the Revolutionary War.

7,918 items (10.4 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6784160

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Colonial Williamsburg foundation

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Colonial Williamsburg is the largest outdoor living museum in the country, upholding our educational mission through immersive, authentic 18th-century experiences and programming for our guests. In 1926, the Reverend Dr. William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, with the financial backing of John D. Rockefeller Jr., began to restore Williamsburg to its original colonial state, starting with the purchase of the historic Ludwell-Paradise House. Today, Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area houses resto...

Dawson, Sarah Morgan, 1842-1909

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Sarah Morgan Dawson was a white, Civil War diarist. She was born Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan, to Thomas Gibbs Morgan (1799-1861) and Sarah Hunt Fowler Morgan (1807-1874), in New Orleans, La. At the outbreak of the Civil War, she moved with her family to Baton Rouge, La., but was forced to return to New Orleans with her widowed mother after her father's death. She married Frank Warrington Dawson (1840-1889), editor of the Charleston, S.C. News and Courier. Her diary, written from the age ...

Dawson, Francis Warrington, 1840-1889

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Journalist, of Charleston, S.C., and Versailles, France. From the description of Family papers, 1386-1963 (bulk 1859-1950). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122600913 From the description of Papers, 1866-1961. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40329091 Editor and publisher of the News and Courier, a newspaper of Charleston, South Carolina. From the description of Memo and letters to W.J. Magrath, 1873-1875. (The South Carolina ...

Dawson, Warrington, 1878-1962

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Historian, novelist, and diplomatic chronicler and reporter. Warrington Dawson was the son of Francis Warrington Dawson, the founder of the News and Courier, a Charleston, South Carolina newspaper. From the description of Letters to Theodore D. Jervey, 1926. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144817 ...

Morgan family.

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