Wilmot Stuart Holmes collection, 1781-1932 (bulk 1840-1854).

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Wilmot Stuart Holmes collection, 1781-1932 (bulk 1840-1854).

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Family correspondence, chiefly 1840-1854, and other papers of Henry McCall Holmes (1790-1854), a physician of Charleston and Greenville districts, S.C.; of his wife, Eliza Ford (Gibbes) Holmes; of their daughter, Emma Edwards Holmes (1838-1910); and of their sons, Wilmot Stuart Holmes and Henry M. Holmes. Included are Mrs. Holmes's business papers, 1854-1876, and estate book, 1854-1857, as executrix of her husband's estate, and correspondence with her father W.S. Gibbes, with her King and DeSaussure family relatives, and with Daniel Heyward; correspondence, chiefly 1864-1875, between brothers Wilmot, a commission merchant in Charleston, S.C., and Henry, a physician in Silver Springs, Fla., and Limestone Springs, S.C.; pocket account books, 1861-1874; journal, 1850, of a trip from Charleston to Wilmington, N.C., Washington, D.C., and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia; notebook, 1876, and diary, 1861-1866, of Emma Holmes while she was in Charleston (microfilm); and recollections of the Gibbes family of Charleston during the Revolution, and of the Garden family during the early Republic. Earliest papers consist of deeds, indentures, bills, and receipts. Later material consists of scattered Holmes and Pasteur family items. Also included is a letter, 1912, on the phonetics of the Cherokee language.

150 items (1.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7135379

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Holmes, Henry McCall, 1834-1899

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Henry Marcus Holmes was born in Bristol, England, on 1836 December 9 to Marcus H. and Elizabeth Holmes. Soon after his arrival in Texas in 1850 October, Holmes became acquainted with Shapley Prince and Catherine Fulkerson Ross and began a lasting friendship with their son, Lawrence Sullivan (“Sul”) Ross. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Holmes headed north and joined the Union army. During the conflict he participated in battles at Valverde, New Mexico (1862 February 20-21), and Fr...

Gibbes, W. S.

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Holmes, Emma, 1838-1910

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Emma E. Holmes was a daughter of Dr. Henry M. Holmes. She never married. From the description of Diary, 1861-1866 [Microform]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122370821 Emma Edwards Holmes was a resident of Charleston, S.C., and Sumter, S.C. From the description of Emma Holmes papers, 1861-1971; (bulk, 1861-1866). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42796419 ...

Holmes, Henry McCall, 1790-1854.

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DeSaussure family.

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Gibbs family.

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Pasteur family.

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Garden family.

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King family.

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Holmes family.

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Holmes, Eliza Ford Gibbes.

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Holmes, Wilmot Stuart.

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Heyward, Daniel.

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