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Preferred Citation:

Carter Harrison Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William & Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Mss. Acc. 2012.040

Processing Information:

Accessioned and processed by Benjaming Bromley in February 2012.

Biographical Information:

Son of Carter Henry Harrison and Janetta Fisher Harrison.

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1834-1861, of Carter Henry Harrison of Elkora, Cumberland County, Virginia. Includes letters about his father, Carter Henry Harrison, Sr., and his mother, Janetta Harrison, as well as his wife, Alice Harrison. Letters typically deal with the finances of Elkora and then with the preparations and operations of the Civil War.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cumberland County (Va.)
• Cumberland County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Real property--Virginia--Cumberland County
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865