Gertrude Dixon Enfield papers, 1744-1964 [manuscript].

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Gertrude Dixon Enfield papers, 1744-1964 [manuscript].

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"The life and letters of Christopher Houston," the manuscript of a biography (191 p.) of Christopher Houston (1744-1837) of Iredell County, N.C., Revolutionary soldier and early settler in Maury County, Tenn., by Gertrude Dixon Enfield, including transcriptions of about forty letters by Houston (originals in the Mary Hunter Kennedy Papers, Southern Historical Collection), and discussions of other members of the Houston family; transcriptions of related letters, including a long letter, 1876, from Adlai E. Stevenson (1835-1914) describing his visit to Statesville, N.C., hometown of his ancestors, and letters, 1864, 1865, and 1888, from Peter Singleton Wilkes about family history; and a few related photographs made in the 1950s.

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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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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1835-1914

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897. Previously, he served as a representative from Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. After his subsequent appointment as assistant postmaster general of the United States during Grover Cleveland's first administration (1885–89), he fired many Republican postal workers and replaced them with Southern Democrats. This earned him the enmity of the Republican-contro...

Houston family.

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Wilkes, Peter Singleton, fl. 1864-1888.

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Houston, Christopher, 1744-1837.

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Enfield, Gertrude Dixon, d. 1969.

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Gertrude Dixon Enfield (died 1969) of Laguna Beach, Calif., was a faculty member of the University of Southern California interested in the Houston family of North Carolina. Enfield wrote her master's thesis and wrote several books on the topic including the novel, The Courageous Houstons, 1951. From the guide to the Gertrude Dixon Enfield Papers, ., 1744-1964, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...