Purrington family papers, 1822-1989.

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Purrington family. Purrington family papers, 1822-1989.

Purrington family papers, 1822-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/729912928

The collection consists of correspondence, legal and financial materials, writings, schoolwork, genealogical materials, scrapbooks, clippings, a small number of photographs, and other materials. There is a large amount of correspondence, the bulk of which was sent to Georgie Bolsey Purrington. These letters concern family life and finances, illness and health, travel, the Girl's Latin School in Baltimore, and Goucher College. Correspondence between Luther Purrington and his parents contains discussions of student life and schoolwork while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1919-mid-1920s. Other letters discuss an affidavit filed in 1932 alleging that A.L. Purrington had pro-German sympathies during World War I and was thus unsuited to serve as postmaster. There are also a number of letters from various members of the Purrington and Pittman families dating from the early to mid-19th century, including an 1827 letter from Lewis Bond to Robert Purrington concerning the sale of slaves; financial and legal materials documenting the Purrington and Pittman families and including ledgers, wills, and a number of deeds to property in Halifax County, N.C.; an 1826 notebook containing lecture notes taken at the University of Maryland medical school; several 19th-century scrapbooks; an 1837 printed recipe book with hand-written recipes added; and Sara Purrington's genealogical research materials on the Purrington, Pittman, and Bosley families.

ca. 600 items (3.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill