Leonidas Campbell Jones diaries, 1864-1889 [manuscript].

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Leonidas Campbell Jones diaries, 1864-1889 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26243034

Diaries of Leonidas Campbell Jones documenting his travel throughout North Carolina and other matters relating to railroad business. Jones made daily entries in his diaries on a variety of subjects, including the weather, daily activities, his health, religious matters, reading, recreation, and family matters. Many of the diaries also contain personal financial accounts. There are three diaries for 1864, then a ten-year silence, followed by diaries for each year from 1874 through 1889, except 1888. Jones made his last entry 5 July 1889 and died one week later.

18 items (1.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Western Railroad Company

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Jones, Leonidas Campbell, 1830?-1889.

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