University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are also a few printed advertisements for various products. Work done on the farm by William and/or his slaves, but also mentioning family and Also includedĪre one diary of Araminta, 1857-1858, with brief, almost daily, entries chiefly aboutįamily and neighborhood activities and her work around the farm and home, and threeĭiaries of William, 1854-1860, with brief, almost daily, entries chiefly documenting There are also financialĪnd legal materials, slave bills of sale, and other items that relate to William'sĮarly political career, to Araminta, or to other Tripp family members. Type transcriptions of most letters are included. He also offered advice on how the farm was to be run in hisĪbsence. Most letters areįrom William, who wrote of camp life, his own health, blockade running, and the conduct The collection contains chiefly correspondenceīetween William and Araminta during William's army service, 1861-1865, at Fort Fisher,įort Holmes, and Fort Alexander, all on the North Carolina coast. ![]() Of the 40th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. ![]() Was a state legislator in the 1850s and, during the Civil War, commanded Company B William Henry Tripp (1820-1881) and his wife Araminta Guilford Tripp (1833-1897) grewĬorn and other crops at Durham's Creek, Beaufort County, N.C., 1850s-1880s. ![]() 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 440 items)
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