James Spencer Worth papers, 1849-1969 (bulk 1893-1899) [manuscript].

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James Spencer Worth papers, 1849-1969 (bulk 1893-1899) [manuscript].

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Correspondence, printed material, and photographs of James Spencer Worth. Most items are letters, 1893-1899, from Worth to his wife, Josephine McBryde Worth, concerning family matters. Also included are letters about personal matters from family friends Cornelia Phillips Spencer and June Spencer Love, and correspondence, 1920s, from Frances McBryde Worth, about her missionary activities in Africa. Photographs include pictures, 1920s, of Frances Worth and Africans in the Congo region.

85 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7150101

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Spencer, Cornelia Phillips, 1825-1908

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Love, Spencie, 1949-

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James Spencer Worth, son of David Gaston and Julia Stickney Worth and grandson of North Carolina governor Jonathan Worth, was born on 6 December 1869, in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was named for his father's friend and UNC classmate, then deceased, James M. Spencer. He attended Bingham School, a military academy in Mebane, North Carolina and, later, the University of North Carolina. Returning to Wilmington, Worth became involved in banking and insurance sales, and shortly thereafter, he and ...

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