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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
Martha Brown Ogle Forman diaries (photocopy and microfilm)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 1159
Abstract:
Martha Brown Ogle Callender Forman (1788-1864) was the second wife of Gen. Thomas Marsh Forman (1758-1845). Her diaries are entirely personal, with many details of the daily life of enslavers and the enslaved at Rose Hill, a Cecil County, Maryland plantation.
Dates:
1814-1860
