Civil War

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This folder contains materials related to Friends' involvement in the Civil War. One typed essay draft details the tensions between Friends who believed in states' rights and Friends who supported the war's goal of ending slavery. Another focuses on the roles played by John Crenshaw, Francis King, and Addison Coffin in the reconstruction of the South following the war. The notebook found in this folder is titled "Condition at the close of the Civil War." The final document in this folder is a personal memoir of the Civil War written by Mary (portions of which are transcribed, although pages are missing).

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Title: Civil War
Who's responsible?: Hobbs, Mary Mendenhall, 1852-1930 (Author)
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Type of item: text
Original format: mixed material
Subject headings: Guilford College
Hobbs, L. L. (Lewis Lyndon), 1849-1932
Hobbs, Mary Mendenhall, 1852-1930
Women -- Education
Topics: Schools and Colleges
North Carolina
Women's History
Additional tags: Teachers
Guilford College
Women's Education
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Contributing Institution: Quaker Archive, Hege Library, Guilford College
Collection: Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers
Series: 2: Writings
Folder: 2-4: Civil War
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: GUI_MS223.002.004
Gateway identifier: guilford:12208
OCLC number: 883228249

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Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers