Thomason family papers, 1833-1967 [manuscript].

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Thomason family papers, 1833-1967 [manuscript].

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A letter, 24 April 1833, from Solomon Lea of Chapel Hill, N.C., to Sarah Williams Kittrell at Greensboro, Ala.; two letters, 8 November 1895 and 11 April 1896, from Kemp P. Battle of Chapel Hill to Sarah Goree of Midway, Tex.; a notice, 1899, of a family gathering at the home of Goree; and an article, "The Huntsville, Texas, Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1867," written in 1967, which includes information on the Nolley, Kittrell, Goree, and Thomason families. The letters from Chapel Hill concern personal, family, and community matters, and relate as well, news of the University of North Carolina.

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