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Tag Archives: Asheville
27 November 1863: “We have enough from the hire of hands to live comfortably upon & surely never did people meet kinder friends than we have done.”
Item description: Letter, dated 27 November 1863, from Frances Devereux Polk at Asheville, N.C., to Harriett [last name unknown], in which there is a description of family events of the previous year, including their removal to Asheville. Item citation: From folder 4 … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville, Enterprise, family, Frances Devereux Polk, hiring out of slaves, Mississippi, North Carolina, Polk family
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10 January 1863: “I have rented my home to them & we are living at the Hotel, quite a change for us…”
Item description: Letter, 10 January 1863, to Mary Elizabeth Garrett Lenoir. The name of the letter’s writer is illegible. Item citation: From the Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: [Mrs. Thos. … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville, displacement, home front, hotels, Lenoir family, Mary Elizabeth Garrett Lenoir, money, North Carolina, shinplaster, supplies
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17 August 1862: “The state of my health renders it absolutely necessary that I should rest at home as long as possible before the inauguration.”
Item description: Letter, 17 August 1862, from Governor-elect Zebulon B. Vance to former North Carolina governor, William A. Graham (governor from 1845 to 1849). Vance was elected in August 1862, running as the candidate from the Conservative Party. His victory … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville, Governor Zebulon Vance, governors, inaugurations, North Carolina, politics, William A. Graham, Zebulon Vance
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