Dorman family papers, 1838-1892 [manuscript].

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Dorman family. Dorman family papers, 1838-1892 [manuscript].

Dorman family papers, 1838-1892 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24111442

The collection includes correspondence, financial materials, and other papers relating to the Dorman family of Mobile and Claiborne, Ala., and their friends. Letters, 1847-1854 and undated, give news of family and neighborhood activities. Those from 1862 are to Thomas T. Dorman from family and friends while he served with the 21st Alabama Regiment at Corinth, Miss. Letters, 1867-1868, include two from Thomas W. Dorman to his son, Thomas T., when the elder was vacationing at Healing Springs, Va. Beginning in 1871, there are a few routine business letters relating to various family members. Financial materials consist of scattered bills and receipts. Also included are a handwritten transcription of the 1853 commencement speech from Centenary Institute, a women's school in Sommerfield, Ala., and eight undated school exercises, including compositions and French translation by various female family members.

54 items.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill