Papers, 1744-1939; (bulk 1854-1869).

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Papers, 1744-1939; (bulk 1854-1869).

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Correspondence, deeds, grants, and other legal papers, and a daybook. Most material dates from 1854-1869. Includes material relating to Coston's work as a county register of deeds, postmaster for both the U.S. and Confederate governments, and teacher in the common schools. Other papers pertain to Methodism in North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods; Trinity College (later Duke University) at Durham; the University of North Carolina; and such economic subjects as farming and farm prices, slavery and slave trade, and administration of estates. Some letters refer to desertions in Lee's army during the Petersburg (Va.) campaign late in the war.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965158

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University

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Coston, Erasmus H.

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Farmer, teacher, and public official, of Palo Alto, Onslow Co., N.C. From the description of Papers, 1744-1939; (bulk 1854-1869). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490665 ...

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...

Trinity College (Durham, N.C.)

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The Trinity College (Randolph County) Reference collection materials were compiled from a variety of sources by University Archives staff for reference and research. From the description of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) Reference Collection, 1889-1992. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 166325766 The Columbia Literary Society was first organized in 1846 at Union Institute. The Society grew with the school, witnessing the founding of Trinity College ...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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