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Emma Holmes diary (microfilm)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 0919
Abstract:
Emma E. Holmes (1838-1910) was the daughter of Dr. Henry M. Holmes (1790-1854) and Eliza Ford Gibbes (1808-1875). The diary chronicles Holmes's life in Charleston, South Carolina, during the Civil War, detailing the Charleston fire of December 1861, visiting army camps, taking a position as governess and tutor, and plundering Union troops near the end of the war.
Dates:
1861-1866
Margaret Izard Manigault papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 0502
Abstract:
Manigault's papers consist of her own diaries and correspondence between her and Gabrielle Josephine du Pont (1770-1836), both which document the life of a female member of Charleston's merchant-planter elite during the Early National Period, and the web of connections linking Charleston, New York and Philadelphia society.
Dates:
1779-1857