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Thomas Miles Garrett

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By Thomas Miles Garrett

Thomas Miles Garrett diary, 1849-1850.

Garrett, Thomas Miles, 1830-1864 · 1849

Four items centered on the diary Thomas Miles Garrett (1830-1864) kept in 1849 and 1850, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 1171-z. The papers cover the social and religious life of college students in Chapel Hill, temperance societies in nineteenth century North Carolina, and the university's Philanthropic Society, with material on Cornelia Phillips Spencer, John W. Moore and Joseph Alonzo Manning.

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Background context: NCpedia: Thomas Miles Garrett NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 1 collection naming Thomas Miles Garrett State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 1 Orange County pages naming Thomas Miles Garrett DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Thomas Miles Garrett NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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