Papers, 1783-1859.

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Papers, 1783-1859.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32520338

Twenty-five enciphered diaries (1803-1859) kept by Prestwood. Entries are very brief and reflect the everyday life of a farmer, teacher and surveyor in Burke and Caldwell counties, N.C. The code to the cipher is included in the collection. Also includes three unciphered items: an anecdote concerning an event in 1783; a book of notes on mathematics and philosophy; and a book of personal accounts, 1831-1839.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342749

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Prestwood, William Thomas, 1788-1859

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Schoolteacher, farmer, and surveyor in Western North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1783-1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32520338 Nathaniel Clenroy Browder, was born February 4, 1904, in Hickory, North Carolina. He received a bachelor's degree in education from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1930 and married Blanche Penland, of Hayesville, North Carolina, in December of the same year. He worked as a high school...