LEADER 03081cpc 2200445Ia 4500001 ocm47109634 003 OCoLC 005 20141212151218.0 008 010612i18491899ncu eng d 035 (Sirsi) o47109634 035 (Sirsi) o47109634 035 (OCoLC)47109634 040 ERE |cERE |eappm |dUtOrBLW 099 #18 043 n-us-nc 049 EREE 245 00 Arthur Whitford papers, |f1849-1899. 300 117 |fitems. 340 paper |dhandwritten |dprinted. 351 Organized by type of material; |barranged chronologically. 520 8 Correspondence, poems, essays, a hand-drawn map of Beaufort County, NC, a pamphlet, and several miscellaneous items. Correspondence includes personal letters that tell of weddings, complain of loneliness, and mention camp meetings. Two letters (1859) discuss the sale of slave boys. Other correspondence mentions Lenoir Institute and tells of studies there. Civil War correspondence contains first-hand accounts of some battles. One letter describes the Battle of Seven Pines and the approximate number of troops in the battle (1862), while another mentions McClellan's advance towards Richmond with a large force (1862). Correspondence from Fort Fisher describes the Union blockade of the Fort (1863). Other letters inquire of war news from New Bern; tell of Union raids from Tarboro to Washington, NC; mention the fall of Vicksburg and Jackson; tell of a battle over a Confederate supply ship. Later letters are concerned with personal events. Also included are original and copied poems; a hand-drawn map of Beaufort County, NC; a fictional pamphlet, Farmer Holt's Daughter by Charles Garvice; and several other items. 524 Arthur Whitford papers, #18, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, East Carolina University. 541 |3Joyner- |3117 items;Mrs. Patricia Weiss; |bVanceboro, NC; |cloan; |dSept. 28, 1967. 555 0 Card catalog and registers |bavailable in the Special Collections reading room; |cfolder level control. 555 0 Finding aid available on the web. 650 0 Private schools |zNorth Carolina |zLenoir County |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A48351 650 0 Slave trade |zUnited States |xHistory. |=^A1018954 650 0 Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862. |=^A587211 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xCampaigns. |=^A27938 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xBlockades. |=^A39330 651 0 Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) |xHistory. |=^A364210 651 0 United States |xHistory |yCivil War, 1861-1865 |xNaval operations. |=^A39332 651 0 Beaufort County (N.C.) |=^A93907 651 0 Beaufort County (N.C.) |vMaps. |=^A93907 700 12 Garvice, Charles, |d1850-1920 |tFarmer Holt's daughter. |=^A858106 856 42 |3Finding aid |uhttp://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0018 994 X0 |bERE 596 1 998 804143