William Martin Crenshaw Papers, 1833-1848; 1863

WILLIAM MARTIN CRENSHAW PAPERS, 1833-1853, PC. 1747 Gift: Mrs. Katherine B. Hueper, ЯЯНННЯНКЬ N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007 Quantity: 5 letters, 1 volume. Letters : 1. Granville S. Pattison, Philadelphia, Apr. 2, 1833, to Mr. Wm. Martin Crenshaw (Reading Law), University of Chapel Hill. (Letter relates to merits of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.) 2. Mary A. T. Martin, Forest Hill, May*25, 1833, to "Cousin William" (William M. Crenshaw, Chapel Hill, N.C.). (Letter replies to his condolences on the death of her father. Speaks of plans of going west; she is looking for the arrival of her brother and his wife, and cousin Candace Taylor every day. Aunt Crenshaw received a letter from cousin Eliza Young. Burrell Jones's wife died last week. 3. WMC, 51 Lansom Street, Philadelphia, Nov. 28, 1834, to Daniel Sanford Crenshaw, Wake Forest, N.C. (Letter concerns WMC's life in Philadelphia and studies at Jefferson Medical College. Acknowledges letters received from Martin, Caroline, Papa, and Sanford.) Feb. 7, 1836 4. Wm. Martin Crenshaw, 144 South Eleventh Street, Philadelphia, /to Mrs. Sarah Brawd Crenshaw, Wake Forest, N.C., "My Dear & Distant Mother". (Speaks of corre¬ spondence with sisters Frances, Mary Ann, Caroline (at Salem, N.C.), Martha, and Amelia C. Crenshaw, as well as brothers Sanford and George. Mentions cousin Louisa Warren’s marriage, cousin Fanny's new son born the night she arrived in Tennessee (named William Nathaniel Willis), cousin Nat.G. Smith's new daughter (named Sarah Kimbrough Martin), and says Solomon High at New Orleans has purchased Uncle Fowler's plantation, etc. — Piece missing. 5. J. M. Souter (?), Horseshoe Bend, Mississippi, Near Delta, May 21, 1848, to Dr. Wm. M. Crenshaw, Tarborough, N.C. "Cousin William". (Speaks of plantation operations, mentions his sister Mary and brother Joseph^ (who has joined the Know Nothing party). Speaks of having left Wake Forest in 1827.) *In letter to his mother, WMC mentions the fact that his 24th birthday will be on Friday, Feb. 12, 1836. Volume . * Pocket memorandum book of Mollie L. Crenshaw, Louisburg, N.C., May 4th, 1863. Contains stanzas of songs and hymns, p^§ias, and 5 pages describing a trip from New York to Niagara Falls, and notations of distances from Buffalo, N.Y. to Weldon, N.C.