William H. Holcombe diary and autobiography, 1855 and 1892.

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William H. Holcombe diary and autobiography, 1855 and 1892.

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Autobiography and diary of William Henry Holcombe. The autobiography, written in 1892, covers Holcombe's ancestry and his childhood in Lynchburg, Va., to 1836. Besides family incidents, topics include slavery, abolition, and religion, particularly Methodism. The diary, 1855, covers daily family life in Natchez, Miss., including thoughts about homeopathic medicine and its practice, incidents concerning slaves and freedmen, and Swedenborgianism. The diary volume also contains essays on various subjects, including slavery, women, cotton, and sectional antagonism. Also available, on microfilm, are notes on the Holcombe family by Mrs. Ada H. Aiken, William H. Holcombe's daughter, and three professional pamphlets by Holcombe, one about the New Orleans yellow fever epidemic of 1867.

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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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Holcomb family.

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Holcombe, William H. (William Henry), 1825-1893

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Homeopathic physician in Natchez, Miss. From the description of William H. Holcombe diary and autobiography, 1855 and 1892. WorldCat record id: 24439128 William Henry Holcombe (1825-1893), homeopathic physician, was born in Lynchburg, Va., son of William James Holcombe, also a physician, and Ann Eliza Clopton Holcombe of Lynchburg. The Holcombes were descendants of a Scotch family that settled in Virginia and the Carolinas. William James Holcombe studied medicin...