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Tag Archives: Thomas Ruffin
4 December 1864: “he is really suffering for want of clothing”
Item Description: Letter dated 4 December 1864 from Catherine Roulhac to her father. Item Citation: Folder 91, Ruffin, Roulhac, and Hamilton Family Papers, #643, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Item Transcription: Hillsboro Dec … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Roulhac, clothing, Roulhac family, Ruffin family, Thomas Ruffin, weather
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22 January 1864: “…Every man ought to represent only such means as properly belongs to him; otherwise taxation might be very unequal.”
Item description: In this letter dated 22 January 1864, Gunn & Bowe Boot and Shoe Makers sent to Thomas Ruffin the remaining cents due on a note they had paid off in October 1863. Gunn & Bowe could not help … Continue reading
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Tagged currency, debtors, finances, Gunn & Bowe, taxes, Thomas Ruffin, Yanceyville (N.C.)
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30 March 1863: “No charge for the corn am happy to have it in my power to accommodate you”
Item description: Letter, 30 March 1863, from R.C. Pearson, Morganton, N.C., to Thomas Ruffin, Graham, N.C. Item citation: From folder 454 in the Thomas Ruffin Papers #641 in the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: Morganton … Continue reading
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Tagged corn, crops, Morganton, provisions, R.C. Pearson, scarcity, seed, Thomas Ruffin
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5 January 1863: “Alice and the little girls came safely to hand on Saturday in company with President Davis who made a pretty little speech at the station.”
Item description: Letter, 5 January 1863, from Paul Cameron to Thomas Ruffin. Item citation: From folder 453 in the Thomas Ruffin Papers #641 in the Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: Hillsboro, Jany. 5th ’63 My Dear … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameron family, Fairntosh, Jefferson Davis, North Carolina, Paul Cameron, peace, Thomas Ruffin
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1 April 1862: “The President does things pretty much in his own way, without consulting anyone and takes the responsibility upon himself and has give us a cabinet which is not satisfactory to the country.”
Item description: Letter, Burgess S. Gaither to Thomas Ruffin, 1 April 1862. Gaither, a Burke County, N.C., politician and member of the Confederate Congress wrote of the military disaster in which Roanoke Island was lost and the resulting investigation. He … Continue reading
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Tagged artillery, Burgess S. Gaither, casualties, Col. Henry M. Shaw, Gen. Benjamin Huger, Gen. D. H. Hill, Gen. Henry A. Wise, Gen. Lawrence O. Branch, Gen. Richard C. Gatlin, Gen. Walter Gwynn, Jefferson Davis, Roanoke Island, Thomas Ruffin
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