Graves family papers, 1815-1901.

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Graves family papers, 1815-1901.

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The collection is chiefly correspondence, 1830-1870, of Sarah Dutton Graves, Iverson Lea Graves, and Henry Dutton Graves, including letters from family and friends in Jefferson County and other locations in New York and in Georgia about plantation management and routine family matters. Correspondence of Sarah Dutton Graves includes letters to and from teachers and classmates at the Troy (N.Y.) Female Seminary and letters from her husband discussing his military service in the Creek War, 1836. Also included are political and Farmers' Alliance papers of Henry Lea Graves; two physicians' records books of John L. Graves (fl. 1844-1847), probably Iverson Lea Graves's brother; sermon outlines and other religious papers, some of which probably belonged to Nathaniel Dutton; Civil War letters of Henry Lea Graves, serving with the Macon Volunteers and the Confederate Marines, and others that describe military life in Virginia and Georgia and the daily routine of family life at home; Graves family account books and business papers, including two volumes of blacksmith's acounts; and a mid- 19th-century scrapbook.

ca. 700 items (3.5 linear ft)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7143703

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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