Supporting local figure

Margaret Anna Burwell

24 works in the index name this person.

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What it was and why it mattered

Burwell School Historic Site: our history Site steward The site's own account of the school, the household, and Elizabeth Keckly
National Register: Burwell School National Register nomination Nomination (9/15/1970), Hillsborough: history, description, and sources for the property

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Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge

Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room in Hillsborough: books, maps, microfilm, family files, and staff who know the county

In the index

Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.

Anna Burwell and the business of being a Presbyterian minister's wife in North Carolina, 1835-1857

Sylvia D. Hoffert · 2019 · Historical Research Office, Office of Archives and History

UNC

The Book of Burwell Students

Engstrom, Mary Claire · 1979 · Historic Hillsborough Commission

NC Cardinal UNC OCPL Durham

Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell Diary [1866-1871]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1866

This 1866-1871 diary was kept by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell (1810-1871), frequently referred to as Anna instead of Margaret. Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell was born in Virginia on October 3, 1810 to William Bruce …

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [February 16, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [February 20, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [February 4, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [February 8, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [January 12, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [January 19, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [January 25, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [January 5, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

Letter from Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to Fanny Burwell [March 10, 1856]

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871. · 1856

Letter written by Margaret Anna Robertson Burwell to her daughter Frances "Fanny" Armistead Burwell.

DPLA

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