Guide to the Jesse Carter Commonplace and Letterbook MSS.0284
Carter, Jesse
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Jesse Carter Commonplace and Letterbook
- Unit ID:
MSS.0284
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 item)
- Dates:
1823-1882
- Abstract:
Commonplace and letterbook, with early entries dating from 1823, includes hand-written poetry and by authors such as Shakespeare and Lord Byron. Later entries date from at least 1843 and include copies of letters that mention Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras societies.
- creator
Carter, Jesse
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains one book with entries made by various people in different time periods. Early entries in the book date from 1823 and are attributed to Jesse Carter. They include hand-written poetry by authors such as Shakespeare, Lord Byron, and Alexander Pope. Later entries made by an unknown person date from at least 1843 and include copies of letters that mention Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras societies. The author mentions the possibility of attending Cowbellion de Rakin Society and Strikers balls. The latest date in the book is 1882.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Jesse Carter Commonplace and Letterbook, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
unknown
- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Biographical/Historical note
Jesse Carter probably lived in the Mobile, Alabama, area in 1823.
Source(s)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Mobile County (Ala.) (lcsh)
Organizations (localbroad)
Poems (aat)
Sports, Recreation and Leisure (localbroad)
United States--Social conditions (lcsh)
Commonplace and Letterbook Box 3587