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Diary of J.B. Grimball
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0021
Collection Overview
Typescript copies (1937-1938) of 17 diaries (1832-1884) kept by John Berkeley Grimball of Pinebury and Old Fort Plantations, transcribed from the original by Frederica B. Keller during a 1935-1938 W.P.A. project.Entries include references to family matters, including the division of Grimball's mother's [Eliza Flinn] estate, social events, religion, a hot air balloon ascension (1834), a duel (1856), and Grimball's trips to Sulphur Srings, Virginia and elsewhere.The...
Dates:
1832-1938
Found in:
Special Collections
Wilkinson and Keith family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0111
Abstract
The Wilkinson and Keith family papers consist of correspondence and other documents among the Wilkinson, Keith, Siegling, Haskell, and Marshall families and their friends dating from 1785 to 1920. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1820 to 1890, a large portion of which chronicles Willis Keith's experiences as a Confederate soldier in 1862-1863.
Dates:
1785-1920; Majority of material found within 1820-1890
Found in:
Special Collections
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- African Americans -- History 1
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- Flinn, Eliza B., -1844 1
- Fortiere, Nancy Alston Siegling 1
- Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1892 1
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