John S. Henderson papers, 1755-1945, 1962.

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John S. Henderson papers, 1755-1945, 1962.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31070111

The collection includes letters, financial and legal papers, and other items of John Steele Henderson and members of the Henderson and related families. Earliest items are deeds, indentures, wills, and other legal documents. Items from the 1820s and 1830s chiefly relate to Archibald Henderson's plantation business dealings. In the 1840s-1850s, most letters deal with family activities, especially those of John S. Henderson and his brother Leonard at school in Asheville, N.C., at the University of North Carolina, and at the University of Virginia. There are also items relating to slavery, including lists of slaves hired out, slave bills of sale, and at least four letters from slaves. During the Civil War, there are many letters from John S. Henderson at the University of North Carolina and from Leonard, an officer serving chiefly with the 8th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. After the Civil War, most of the items relate to activities of John S. Henderson, including his political career, and of his family. Included is material about Reconstruction; the United Daughters of the Confederacy; the women's suffrage movement; Democratic Party politics; literature and the performing arts; and travel, especially that of Lyman and Elizabeth Cotten in Japan, where Lyman served two tours of duty as naval attache with the United States embassy in Tokyo before World War I. Other family members in the post-Civil War correspondence include John S. Henderson's brother, Richard; his brother-in-law, William Cain; and his mother-in-law, Sarah Jane Bailey Cain. Volumes include several diaries, most notably that of Mary Ferrand Henderson, 1854-1861, in which she documented family activities.

ca. 11900 items (32.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7305689

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cotten, Elizabeth Henderson, 1875-1975

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Elizabeth Brownrigg (Henderson) Cotten (1875-1975) worked in the Southern Historical Collection and was secretary of the Friends of the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Before her husband's death in 1926, Mrs. Cotten lived for some time in Istanbul, Turkey, and Tokyo, Japan, and was active in Women's Clubs there. She was an advocate of women's rights, and was active in the Democratic Party, the Episcopal Church, Liberty Loan Drives of World War I, Red Cros...

United daughters of the Confederacy

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Cotten, Lyman A. (Lyman Atkinson), 1874-1926

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Lyman A. Cotten papers, 1886-1947. WorldCat record id: 22501422 Lyman Atkinson Cotten (1874-1926) was a United States naval officer. He was educated at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., 1894-1898, and participated in the Spanish-American War, Philippine insurrection, Boxer Rebellion, and the Naval War College, and served in Japan, China, World War I, and conflicts in the Near East. His wife was Elizabeth Brownrigg ...

Henderson family.

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Henderson, John S. (John Steele), 1846-1916

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Democratic Party (N.C.)

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Henderson, Mary F. (Mary Ferrand), 1887-1965

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Mary Ferrand Henderson, daughter of Elizabeth Brownrigg Cain and John Steele Henderson of Salisbury, N.C., lived much of her adult life in Chapel Hill, N.C., with her sister, Elizabeth Brownrigg Cotten. Henderson served as vice-chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, 1922-1930. She also was a member of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill and active in affairs of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and in a number of lineage societies. In the mid-1930s, she served as editor of the...

Henderson, Richard

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Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Cain family.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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Cain, Wm. (William), 1847-1930

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