Wilson Miles Cary Papers 1820-1914

Scope and content:

Papers of the Cary family, especially that of Wilson Miles Cary (1806-1877) of Charlottesville, Virginia, and later of Maryland, and that of Archibald Cary (1815-1854), of Cumberland County, Maryland. Highlights include letters between Jane Margaret Carr Cary (Mrs. Wilson Miles Cary) and her mother, Hetty Carr (1829-1832), and between Jane Margaret and her cousin Dabney Carr Terrell, who traveled extensively in Kentucky and who describes a reception for Lafayette. Also of interest are the Civil War letters. Jennie and Hetty, daughters of W.M.C. and Constance, daughter of Archibald Cary, frequently crossed into Confederate territory, and detailed these crossings in letters. Some of the correspondence relates to the house searches to which the Carys were subject as Southern sympathizers. #1415

Physical description:

ca. 2000 items.

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