Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson papers, 1851-1917 [manuscript].

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Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson papers, 1851-1917 [manuscript].

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The collection includes original items, 1861-1876, consisting of detailed and almost daily letters exchanged by Dawson and Elodie Todd (1844-1881), sister of Mary Todd Lincoln, while he was serving in the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, in camps in Virginia and elsewhere and she in Selma, 1861-1862; his letters to her after they were married and while a member of the Alabama legislature, 1863-1865; and his letters to her from Washington, D.C., late 1865. Topics include camp life, battles (particularly 1st Manassas), President Lincoln and the Todd family. Microfilm items include some correspondence of Dawson as United States Commissioner of Education, 1886-1889; scattered family and Democratic political correspondence; correspondence as trustee of the University of Alabama; four scrapbooks; and a diary, 1887, recording weather and daily activities at Selma and Washington. Microfilm items include some correspondence of Dawson as U.S. Commissioner of Education, 1886-1889; scattered family and Democratic political correspondence; correspondence as trustee of the University of Alabama; four scrapbooks; and a diary, 1887, recording weather and daily activities at Selma and Washington.

About 350 items (2.0 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7093888

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson was a Selma, Ala., lawyer and politician, Confederate officer, and United States commissioner of education. From the description of Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson papers, 1851-1917 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23150560 From the guide to the Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson Papers, 1851-1917, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Dawson, Elodie Todd, 1844-1881.

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