Mrs. W. R. Buffington collection, 1792-1864 [manuscript].

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Mrs. W. R. Buffington collection, 1792-1864 [manuscript].

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Letters and papers are comprised of three parts: 1) papers relating to the Packwood and Harris families, which include genealogical records, a legal document relating to the division of William Packwood's estate in Connecticut, and two letters, 1864, from the Harris brothers, prisoners at Johnson's Island, to their wives; 2) papers relating to the Duffel, Seghers, and Steel families, including genealogical records, three issues, 1792-1793, of the Belgian "Journal de la Société des Amis de la Liberté et de L'Egalité," papers relating to the Duffel estate, and five Duffel family letters, 1814-1818, which speak of the burning of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, family news, army recruitment, speculations on new commercial ventures made possible by the war's conclusion, and detailed accounts, 1818, of the deaths of Edward Duffel's wife and John West Leonard; and 3) papers, 1832-1843, relating to the Claiborne family of Mississippi and Louisiana, including family gossip, discussions relating to marriage plans, and children's letters to their grandmother.

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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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Johnson Island Prison

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Harris family.

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Duffel family.

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Seghers family.

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Edward Duffel was a doctor in Donaldsonville, La. From the guide to the Edward Duffel Letter, ., 24 October 1810, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Packwood family.

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Claiborne family.

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Leonard, John West, d. 1818.

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