Kenton Harper papers, 1838-1949 [microfilm manuscript].

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Kenton Harper papers, 1838-1949 [microfilm manuscript].

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Letters from Harper to his family describing military activities and his impressions of Mexico during the Mexican War; correspondence about Harper's activities as U.S. agent to the Chickasaw Indians at Ft. Washita, Okla.; correspondence about the Department of the Interior, including letters from Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Secretary of the Interior; Confederate Army papers, including receipts, orders, and correspondence, some relating to deserters; papers of his grandson relating to Harper's Confederate career; and a map of Berkeley County, Va., 1847.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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