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Newspaper Clippings

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3-4
Identifier: 12-0964

Scope and Contents

From the Accession:

This accession contains correspondence (1860-1891) and financial records (1836-1891) of John Horry Dent; plantation journals (1876-1891) in which Dent recorded weather conditions and daily activities; biographical information on Wellborn's maternal great-grandfather, Commodore John Herbert Dent, who served aboard the U.S.S. Constitution. Correspondence (1853), farm journal (1873-1880), and biographical information of Charles Iverson Graves; genealogical and biographical information on the Wellborn, Dent and Graves families; family and business correspondence and personal financial records (1880-1957), diaries (1928-1953), biographical information, articles and clippings of M.B. Wellborn.

Dates

  • 1880 - 1956

Conditions Governing Access

This accession is open for research.

Extent

From the Accession: 2 Cubic Feet (One record center box, two document boxes, and one reel of microfilm. )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Auburn University
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Auburn Alabama 36849
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