William T. Bain papers

Folder Info

Title:
William T. Bain papers
Date:
1850 to 1865
Creator:
Bain, William T.
Description:
Family letters of Bain, his wife, and children to his daughter, Mollie Bain Bitting of Germantown, North Carolina. Topics include Bain's Masonic interests, difficulties with slaves, the "Black Republicanism" of the North, a speech by Stephen A. Douglas (1860), hopes for a strong Confederacy, and meetings of the legislature. Also includes a letter to Mrs. Bitting from a friend in Petersburg, Va., describing the new public buildings there, and a letter to Lewis Bitting from a friend in Georgia describing his drugstore business.
Location:
Subject:
Format:
correspondence
Language:
English
Extent:
89 items
Digital Collection:
William T. Bain papers
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • RL.30135
  • 000844027
  • duke:528813
  • secst0124
  • ark:/87924/r47w6b210
  • d19a1d57-fb1e-40f0-ad72-813497c8c50e
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