Mrs. Mattie Wiggins Jones Dameron Collection, PC.1266

[Identification of item], PC.1266, Mrs. Mattie Wiggins Jones Dameron Collection, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Papers of Mrs. Mary J. (Arrington) Wiggins of Nash Co. and her daughters Pattie, Rozella, and Rowe Ann. Correspondence (1840-1848) of Mary concerns death of husband Thomas Rowe Harris Wiggins in Marengo Co., Ala.; her return to Hilliardston; the Alabama plantation and slaves, giving names and ages; settlement of estate; and relatives and events in Alabama. There are a few papers of the girls' guardian Thomas C. Arrington (1853-1861). Papers of the daughters (1852-1927) primarily concern genealogy of the Wiggins, Harriss, Arrington, Crawford, Carter, Baker, and Walton families, and correspondents include U.S. Sen. Isham G. Harris of Tennessee (1895) and Dr. J. M. Walton of Alabama. Walton's letters also describe New York City in the 1890s and include catalog and brochure (1874-1875) of Neophogen College, Gallatin, Tenn., of which he was founder and president. Also undated note describing Washington, D.C., at time of President Lincoln's arrival in Feb., 1861; letter from Comdr. J. B. Coghlan, U.S.S. Raleigh, about gift of silver plate (1899); and papers of the Philomathean Literary Society, Wilmington (1876-1878). Papers of Pattie's husband W. H. McRary, Wilmington merchant and bank director, include letter from Greensboro banker Jesse H. Lindsay, note from S. A. Ashe, and minutes of stockholders' meeting concerning suit in U.S. Circuit Court against stockholders of the Bank of Cape Fear (1879-1880).

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• •  Correspondence, Recipes, Genealogy
  PC.1266.1-2

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• •  Genealogy, Miscellaneous Wiggins-McRary Correspondence
  PC.1266.3-4

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• •  Miscellaneous McRary correspondence, newspapers, photographs
  PC.1266.5

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Damerson, Mattie Wiggins Jones

Wiggins, Mary J. Arrington

Wiggins, Thomas Rowe Harris

Wiggins, Pattie

Wiggins, Rozella

Wiggins, Rowe Ann

Arrington, Thomas C.

Wiggins Family

Harriss Family

Arrington Family

Crawford Family

Carter Family

Baker Family

Walton Family

Harris, Isham G.

Walton, J. M.

Lincoln, Abraham

Coghlan, J. B.

Lindsay, Jesse H.

Ashe, S. A.

United States. Congress. Senate

Neophogen College (Gallatin, Tenn.)

Raleigh (Cruiser)

Bank of Cape Fear

United States. Circuit Court

Philomathean Literary Society

Congressmen

Physicians

Cities and towns

Universities and colleges

College presidents

Presidents

Ship commanders

Banks and banking

Lawsuits

Stockholders

Bank directors

Literary Societies

Death

Administration of estates

Slaves

African Americans

Slave Patrols

Guardian

Plantations

Gifts

Silver

Nash County (N.C.)

Marengo County (Ala.)

Hilliardston (Ala.)

Tennessee

Alabama

New York (N.Y.)

Washington (D.C.)

Wilmington (N.C.)

Greensboro (N.C.)