Burgwyn family papers, 1787-1987.

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Burgwyn family papers, 1787-1987.

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Miscellaneous papers of the Burgwyn family of Northampton County, N.C. The bulk of the papers, other than the volumes, are those of William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn of Henderson, N.C., chiefly in the 1880s, and consist of deeds, family letters, and papers pertaining to Henderson Female College. Volumes include a plantation diary, 1885-1889, and account books, 1880-1907, of John Alveston Burgwyn, and a record of cotton pickers' wages, 1919. Other items include copies of six colonial family letters from Wilmington, N.C.; a plantation account book and letters to his overseer from Henry King Burgwyn in Europe in 1851; letters from and diaries of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., as a Confederate officer, and a few of his other papers; and Maria Greenough Burgwyn Long's records of the Episcopal women's auxiliary at Roanoke Rapids, N.C., 1915-1917.

About 850 items (3.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Burgwyn, William Hyslop Sumner, 1845-1913

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William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn (1845-1913) served in the 35th North Carolina Regiment during the Civil War and became a prisoner of the Union Army. He later graduated from the University of North Carolina and Harvard Law School and became a lawyer in Baltimore, Md. and Henderson, N.C. From the description of W.H.S. Burgwyn diaries, 1862-1864 [microform]. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 34634629 From the description of W.H.S. Burgwyn papers [microform]. Vol....

Burgwyn, John Alveston, 1850-1898.

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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 26th

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Burgwyn, Henry King, 1841-1863

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Henderson Female College.

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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 35th

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Burgwyn, Henry King, 1813-1877

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Long, Maria Greenough Burgwyn.

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Long, Thomas Williams Mason, 1886-1941

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Burgwyn family.

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The Burgwyn family of Northampton County, N.C. included such prominent family members as Henry King Burgwyn (1813-1877), planter, and his sons Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. (1841-1863), a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a colonel in the 26th North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A.; William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn (1845-1913), who served in the 35th North Carolina Regiment, was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and Harvard Law School, and a lawyer in Baltimore, Md., and Henderson, N...