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Lacy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: DC0147s
Scope and Contents The collection consists of nine handwritten, double-sided correspondence letters (1851-1859) from Mrs. Mary Lacy to her stepdaughter Elizabeth 'Bess' Dewey, typed transcripts of the letters, copied pages of a ledger, reproductions of a Reverend Dr. Drury Lacy photograph (possibly from a book or catalog), seven of Mr. Lacy's hand-bound sermons (1855-1860), one handwritten invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Lacy, and a copy of an article about the letters (1980). This collection of...
Dates: 1851-1860, 1980

Robert Zenas Johnston Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DC022
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection concerns Robert Zenas Johnston (1834-1908) and includes school notebooks from Davidson College and Columbia Theological Seminary, student essays, correspondence, his sermons (1859-1907) and speeches, and a photocopy of his diary (1886-1908) as well as a small amount of financial and printed materials. There is also material on the estates of Rufus Johnston and Robert Caldwell, family correspondence, a copy of a scrapbook for James Davidson Johnston, (1915-1944),...
Dates: 1854 - 1963

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Baker, Archibald, 1733-1811 1
Caldwell, David Alexander, 1799-1891 1
Davidson, John, Major, 1735-1832 1
Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892 1
Dewey, Mary 1