Craft, Fort, and Thorne family papers, 1850-1864.

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Craft, Fort, and Thorne family papers, 1850-1864.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23848588

Correspondence and other items of Hugh, Mary E. Pitts Craft, Henry Craft; and Martha and James Fort. There are also letters from Confederate soldier Edward Alston Thorne to his wife Alice about military movements and camp life. Many items are family letters, 1820-1826, 1840-1876, to Hugh or Mary Craft or to Martha Craft Fort discussing illnesses, trips, and various activities of family members in Holly Springs, Miss., Memphis, Tenn., and Clinton and other locations in Georgia. There also are letters from Henry Craft telling of his life as a student at Princeton, 1847-1848; a detailed diary kept by Henry at Princeton, 1848-1849, with his impressions of people and events and reflections on politics, love, philosophy, etc.; and a two-volume diary of Henry Craft, 1859-1860, 1863-1864, focusing chiefly on family life in Memphis.

About 119 items.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7121835

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Fort, Martha Craft.

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Craft, Mary E. Pitts, fl. 1823.

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Craft, Hugh, 1800-1867

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Confederate States of America. Army. Ransom's Brigade.

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Craft, Henry, 1823-

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Thorne, Edward Alston, b. 1828.

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Farmer and Confederate ordnance officer, of Littleton, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1820-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546375 From the description of Papers, 1831-1904; (bulk 1862-1873). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188678 ...

Craft family.

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Fort, James, 1822-1878

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Thorne family.

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Fort family.

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...