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Manuscript Collections Sims, William. Diary
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Sims, William. Diary, 1859-1860. 1 volume. Location: M:18. Member of the Confederate States Army. Diary relates his journey by horse and foot from Chapel Hill, North Carolina to the Hermitage Plantation, Louisiana. His 145 page journal contains descriptions of the terrain, towns, and people he encountered from September to December 1859. The final five pages of the diary list Sims' expenses for 1860. Mss. 4690.
Manuscript Number
Mss. 4690
Manuscript Topic
Civil War
Acadiana
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1859
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