Papers, 1838-1921.

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Papers, 1838-1921.

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Business, financial, and personal correspondence of a North Carolina family, primarily reflecting the affairs of Allen and Richard C. Gentry. These papers include material concerning land dealings, tobacco planting, local politics and the Know-Nothing party (1857), and the Civil War. Among four soldiers' letters is a letter from Levi C. Gentry, written while he was a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417868

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Gentry, Allen.

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Resident of Gap Civil, Ashe Co., North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1838-1921. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39920221 ...

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One of the most famous incidents of anti-Catholic sentiment expression occurred August 11, 1834; non-Catholic rioters looted and burned the Ursuline Convent of Mount Benedict in Charlestown, MA. Anti-Catholic violence also erupted in Philadelphia when 13 people were killed in riots in 1835. Activities by the American Nativist Party in Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1844 also sparked anti-Catholic riots. In the 1850s, the American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, was partly founded on a...

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