Guide to the Elizabeth Clitherall letter MSS.0320
Clitherall, Elizabeth
- 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
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Elizabeth Clitherall letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.0320
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 item; typescript copy)
- Dates:
1863 July 30
- Abstract:
Letter dated 30 July 1863, from Mobile, to her cousin Ann Greenough Burgwyn in North Carolina, extending sympathy on death of Burgwyn's son, Henry King Burgwyn, at Gettysburg, and expressing anti-war sentiments
- creator
Clitherall, Elizabeth Burgwyn, 1784-1863
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter written by Clitherall, dated 30 July 1863, from Mobile, to cousin her Ann Greenough Burgwyn in North Carolina, extending sympathy on death of Burgwyn's son, Henry King Burgwyn, at Gettysburg, and expressing anti-war sentiments. Included is a note by the transcriber, Walter Burgwyn Jones.
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- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Elizabeth Clitherall letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
Caroline Elizabeth Burgwin Clitherall (1784-1863) was a plantation owner's wife and school teacher who lived in Belleville and Walterboro, South Carolina, at Thornbury Plantation in North Carolina, and in Greensboro, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile, Alabama. Her husband George Campbell Clitherall (d. 1829) was a planter and physician. The couple had six children: (1) Eliza Inglis Clitherall Moore (1802-1886); (2) Harriet A. Clitherall Spotts (1808-1834); (3) George Bush Burgwin Clitherall (1814-1889); (4) Frances King Clitherall Battle (1817-1849); (5) Madeleine Clitherall Battle (b. 1818); and (6) Alexander Baron Clitherall (1820-1869). She was the daughter of John Burgwin (fl. 1751-1800) and Eliza Bush Burgwin (d. 1787) of the Hermitage near Wilmington, North Carolina.
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- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Walter Burgwyn Jones, 1945
Source(s)
Burgwyn Family (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Burgwyn, Henry King, 1841-1863 (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Civil War (localbroad)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Family (lcsh)
Government, Law and Politics (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties (lcsh)
Letter Box 433