Alfred Chapman papers, 1779-1876 (bulk 1845-1869) [manuscript].

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Alfred Chapman papers, 1779-1876 (bulk 1845-1869) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23877614

The collection includes scattered family and professional papers, chiefly 1845-1869, of Alfred Chapman. Included are early papers of Chapman's ancestors in Orange County, Va.; payrolls of Virginia militia units during the Revolutionary War; family and business correspondence of Chapman at Staunton, Va.; about 40 letters from Chapman to his wife, Mary Edmunds Kinney Chapman, 1850-1852, while he was in Washington, D.C., working in the pension and Indian offices, about family matters, his work, and other topics; very scattered papers pertaining to his appointment in the Confederate government and to its operations; and letters, 1876, to Mrs. Bedford Brown, Alexandria, Va., from her son.

About 250 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7122344

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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