Tennent family papers, 1815-1893.

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Tennent family. Tennent family papers, 1815-1893.

Tennent family papers, 1815-1893.

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Chiefly family correspondence including letter, 12 Dec. 1815, Charleston, S.C., from [John] Cha[rle]s Tennent, to "Susan," [Mrs. William Mackey Tennent], re influenza outbreak; letter, 6 Feb. 1866, Panassus, S.C., from [Mary] Julia [Tennent], to "Hattie" [Mrs. Edward Tennent, Wilmington, N.C.], re family difficulties, lack of farm labor following emancipation, and and relocation to Buncombe County, N.C.; letter, 20 Feb. 1870, from J[ohn] A[rchibald] Fripp, to [Mary] Julia [Tennent], re management of her land. Letter, 15 May 1870, Back River, S.C., from [Charles Edward Tennent], to Sarah [Eliza Tennent], re celebrations in Charleston, S.C., including conventions, Commemoration Day, and the German Schutzen Fest; letter, 6 June 1878, Mount Pleasant, S.C., from John L[afayette] Giradeau, to [C.E. Tennent], explaining that no member of the seminary's graduating class indicated a willingness to serve Tennent's church. Letter, 13 Jan. 1881, Edge Wood, S.C., from [C.E. Tennent], to "My Dear Son," re family affairs, railroad construction and other signs of industrialization around Ashville, N.C., and John and Samuel Tennent's expectation of low prices for their tobacco crop, and agricultural stock prices.

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