Diary, 1848.

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Diary, 1848.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17974853

Contains brief entries about daily activities, mostly at a general store and an iron furnace at Sailor's Rest and its vicinity. Includes frequent references to general trade conditions, local citizens, the weather, local churches and preachers and Parrish's associates, Isaac D. West owner of the furnace, Burrell Corban, and Q.C. Atkison. References also to shipping on the Tennessee River, trade patterns of the store and the furnace and Methodist camp meetings.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6935139

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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West, Isaac D., b. ca. 1829.

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Corban, Burrell, b. 1811.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Atkinson, Q. C.

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Parrish, N. C.

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Clerk in general store and also an employee at an iron furnace, Sailor's Rest, Montgomery County, Tenn. From the description of Diary, 1848. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 17974853 From the description of Diary, 1848 [electronic resource]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 758988813 ...