Pinckney Cotesworth Harrington papers, 1829-1893 [manuscript].

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Pinckney Cotesworth Harrington papers, 1829-1893 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24439043

The collection is chiefly papers relating to the Harringtons' cotton plantations. There are numerous deeds and indentures for land sold to James Harrington between 1829 and 1849. Also documented is Pinckney's attendance at the University of North Carolina, 1854-1857, including some correspondence from Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857), bursar at the University, who kept Pinckney's financial accounts. During the Civil War, Pinckney apparently served as a 2nd lieutenant in the Franklin Rifles of the Army of Mississippi. There are a few Civil War era papers, including a list of slaves apparently belonging to James Harrington. After the war, James appears to have continued to plant cotton; he made numerous sharecropping agreements with freedmen. Also included are papers relating to his estate and a letter from the daughters of one of Pinckney's former slaves, who were trying to obtain proof of their parents' marriage.

About 85 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Harrington, James, d. 1866.

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Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857

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Elisha Mitchell was a native of Connecticut, student and tutor at Yale College, Presbyterian minister, and professor of geology and chemistry and bursar at the University of North Carolina, 1818-1857. From the description of Elisha Mitchell papers, 1816-1905. WorldCat record id: 23658466 Elisha Mitchell (19 August 1793-27 June 1857) of Connecticut was a graduate of Yale who taught at Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y. and at New London, Conn., and was a tutor at Yale be...

Harrington, Pinckney Cotesworth, fl. 1853-1893.

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Pinckney Cotesworth Harrington and his father, James Harrington (d. 1866), were cotton planters in Franklin County, Miss. From the description of Pinckney Cotesworth Harrington papers, 1829-1893 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24439043 James Harrington (d. 1866) and his son Pinckney Cotesworth Harrington (fl. 1853-1893) were cotton planters in Franklin County, Mississippi. Pinckney studied at Oakland College, Mississippi, and graduated from the University of N...