Charles Henry Foster papers, 1847-1881 [microfilm manuscript].

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Charles Henry Foster papers, 1847-1881 [microfilm manuscript].

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Miscellaneous papers, including diary/notebooks, 1847-1849 (9 v.) written at Orono, Me., and Bowdoin College by Charles H. Foster as a young man, containing brief memoirs, essays, comments, descriptions of books read, and notes of events; diary, 1865, documenting his move from Boston to federally-occupied Murfreesboro, N.C., where he was a merchant, mentioning social and economic conditions in the area; diaries, 1875, 1878, and 1881, reflecting life in Murfreesboro, the family's move to Philadelphia in 1878, and Foster's work as a freelance writer; diary and memoranda book, 1868-1876, of Foster's wife and daughter recording household activities and community life at Murfreesboro; and miscellaneous papers, including items relating to Foster's recruiting activities for the 2nd North Carolina Regiment of Union Volunteers, U.S.A.

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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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Bowdoin College

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United States. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1865)

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Foster, Charles Henry, 1830-1882

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Native of Orono, Me., Foster attended Bowdoin College and in 1857 moved to Norfolk, Va., where he worked as a newspaper editor. In 1859 he moved to Murfreesboro, N.C., where he owned and operated a newspaper for a short period. During the Civil War he tried unsuccessfully to be elected to the U.S. Congress as a union representative from North Carolina. In 1863 he was commissioned as a captain in the Union Army and succeeded in raising a regiment of North Carolina troops which saw limited action ...

Foster family.

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