Papers, 1848-1891.

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Papers, 1848-1891.

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Letters from students at a girls' school in Staunton, Va., from James N. Turner, a cousin of Fannie V. Kemper, and from other relations in South Carolina and Georgia. Includes information on student life in the 1850s, and letters from Turner while he was a surveyor for the Western North Carolina Railroad.

124 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6986848

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Kemper, Fannie V.

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Western North Carolina Railroad Company

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Incorporated in North Carolina in 1855 to build a railroad to connect the North Carolina Railroad with the Mississippi Valley; main line opened in 1881 from Salisbury to Paint Rock, N.C. (185 miles); part of Richmond and Danville system (1880-1894); controlled by Southern Railway Company after 1894. From the description of Papers, 1855-1895. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28414163 ...

Turner, James Neill, 1835-1864.

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