| Abstract |
Correspondence, which is family-centered, depicts the relationship between Bart and Mollie Fearing, social and religious life in northeastern North Carolina, problems of northeastern North Carolina and Tidewater Virginia following the Civil War, abolition of slavery, farming conditions, scarcity of labor, taxes, earthquake of 1886, and building of the Elizabeth City-Norfolk Railroad. Also includes descriptions of student life at the Seminary for Young Ladies in Baltimore, Md.; Trinity High School; and Randolph-Macon Academy. Correspondence also describes business trips to Baltimore, Md.; travel on the Dismal Swamp Canal; and trips to Nags Head. Collection also contains a Civil War diary and family financial papers, including saving account books, receipts, railroad transportation charges, tax receipts, general merchandise receipts, and bonds for land deeds in Elizabeth City. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Gertrude Evans Fearing Collection (#244), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Photocopy. Greenville, N.C. : East Carolina University, 1973. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Loaned by Mrs. Doris Fearing. |
| Biographical note | The Gertrude Evans Fearing Collection consists of the papers of the Fearing and Commander families. These two northeastern North Carolina families were united in 1879 with the marriage of J. Bart Fearing and Mollie Commander. Bart Fearing's first wife (Lizzie) died in 1875 leaving Bart the sole parent of two sons (Johnny and Woodson). Bart and Mollie Commander also had two sons (George and Pratt). |
