Ella Lorton Lee journal, 1865-1932, (bulk 1865-1876)

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Ella Lorton Lee journal, 1865-1932, (bulk 1865-1876)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/437429205

The collection consists of a bound journal kept by Ella Lorton Lee from April 1, 1865 until December 31, 1892. It was written in what might have been a law student's journal (her brother's name appears on the cover page). The entries appear on pages 25 through 73, with pages 63 through 66 having been cut out. Lee discussed religious topics, her childhood visits to Florida, the end of the Civil War and what became of Pendleton and the surrounding area under "Yankee" occupation, and her social life (such as her friendship with Floride Clemson, daughter of Anna Calhoun and Thomas Green Clemson). Lee maintained the journal steadily from April 1865 until June 1866 and then resumed the journal three years later in 1869, and only sporadically kept the journal after that date. After a brief 1876 entry, no other is made until 1885. The last entry was made on December 31, 1892. There is an inventory of books at the Leeside home, at Carmel, N.Y., beginning on page 75 of the journal dated 1932.

.15 cubic ft. (1 folder)

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7533444

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Lee, Gideon, -1894

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Lorton, Amanda Whitner Kilpatrick, 1812-1884

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Lorton, John S., 1806-1862

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Lorton, Ella Frances, 1844-1921

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Ella Lorton Lee was born in the Pendleton District of South Carolina on June 5, 1844. Her mother, Eliza Amanda Whitner Kilpatrick, 1812-1884, was widowed in 1840, and later married John S. Lorton, a Pendleton merchant. John S. Lorton, died in October 1862 and Ella's half-brother, Franklin Whitner Kilpatrick, was killed in action during the Civil War (Lookout Mountain, 1863). Ella began keeping a journal in April 1865 towards the end of the Civil War. In 1876, Ella married Gideon Lee of Carmel, N...

Clemson, Floride, 1842-1871

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