Starke, Marchant, and Martin family papers, 1812-1942 (bulk 1850s-1890s) [manuscript].

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Starke, Marchant, and Martin family papers, 1812-1942 (bulk 1850s-1890s) [manuscript].

Family correspondence and other papers, chiefly 1850s through 1890s, of the Starke, Marchant, and Martin families. Papers of Lucien Douglas Starke include his autobiography (written ca. 1900) and letters to Elizabeth Marchant of Virginia, later his wife, written from Elizabeth City, N.C., in the 1850s, and while serving in the Confederate Army. Also included are family and some military correspondence of James Green Martin while he was a U.S. Army officer and Confederate brigadier general. Later papers are chiefly legal and personal items of Judge William Bruce Martin in Norfolk, Va. Scattered other items include scrapbooks, a journal of a trip from Delaware through New York, Pennsylvania, and New England, ca. 1826, and genealogical materials.

425 items (1.0 linear ft.).

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