Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences
Collection
Identifier: DC0141s
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a letter written to Miss Cornelia Shaw, librarian of Davidson College. The letter gives some family history and describes college life and the faculty in the 1860s. For the typescript of "The Chambers Family of Iredell County" by Henry Chambers, see the Farmville file in Chalmer Davidson's Plantation files (DC058).
Dates
- Creation: 1917
Biographical / Historical
Henry Chambers was a member of the Davidson College class of 1864. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861. He taught in Morganton, North Carolina and then became a lawyer. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives and as a state senator.
Extent
1 folders (1 folder)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From Cornelia Shaw's research files
Processing Information
Processed on Aug-94
Subject
- Chambers, Henry Alexander, 1841- (1864) (Person)
- Shaw, Cornelia Rebekah (Person)
- Title
- Henry Alexander Chambers Reminiscences
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository